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Place Description
Delight

See Lattimore.

Delightful Plains

is shown on the Moseley map, 1733, as extending from the present Big Bay of Bladen County SE and parallel with the present Brown Marsh Swamp.

Delk

community in W Forsyth County served by post office, 1889-1907.

Dellaplane

community in S Wilkes County between Brier Creek and Fishing Creek. Col. John Bryan (1753-1842) settled there about 1803.

Dellinger Branch

rises in S Lincoln County and flows SE into Leepers Creek.

Dellinger Hollow

in E Mitchell County between Long Ridge and the Avery-Mitchell county line.

Dellingers

See Concord.

Dellview

town in NW Gaston County. Inc. 1925 by three Dellinger brothers who operated a large chicken farm at the site. They wanted better protection from stray dogs than was provided by the county. By incorporating their farm as a town, they could enact and enforce a town ordinance against stray dogs. About 1930 fire destroyed the chicken business, and by 1967 only a single member of the family was living in the "town."

Dellwood

community in central Haywood County on Jonathans Creek. Alt. 2,771.

Delmar

community in central Halifax County between Halifax and Enfield.