Gazetteer

community in SE Buncombe County near the junction of Flat Creek and Broad River.

rises in N Caldwell County and flows S into Yadkin River. Named for Henry Donahue, who died in 1775 and is buried nearby.

rises in SE Cherokee County and flows SE into Brasstown Creek.

rises in E Person County and flows NW into Maho Creek.

was a proposed county in SE North Carolina. In 1749 a bill was introduced in the House of the General Assembly to separate the "upper part of New Hanover County" to form Donegal County, but the bill was not passed. The parish would have been called St. Colomb. It would have been named for Donegal County, Northern Ireland.

See Daniels Creek.

community in NW Forsyth County on Yadkin River. An Indian village was at or near the place that is named for Donnahee, an Indian chief. The name was applied in 1889 or 1890 by Dr. Samuel Martin of Winston, a descendant of the chief, who accompanied the surveying party that laid out the road from Winston to Wilkesboro and which passes through Donnoha. Richmond, former seat of Surry County, 1774-89, which was destroyed in 1830 by a tornado, was nearby. Alt. 757.

rises in S Bladen County and flows E into Cape Fear River. Named for David Donoho, who had a grant of land there in 1727.

community in SW Iredell County. Takes its name from a local Baptist church.

N Northampton County on Paddys Delight Creek. Covers approx. 75 acres. Max. depth 10 ft.