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Place Description
Echo

crossroads community in SW Robeson County.

Echota Mission

N Jackson County, maintained by Holston Conference of Methodist Church for Cherokee Indians about 1840-85. School est. 1850. Missionary's house still stands.

Ecola

former community in W Swain County; site now under the waters of Fontana Lake.

Ecusta

See Pisgah Forest.

Ed Top

peak in N Haywood County on the head of Laurel Branch.

Edam

community in NW Wilson County.

Eden

town in N Rockingham County on Dan and Smith Rivers. Formed in 1967 by the merger of Leaksville, Draper, and Spray, which see. Named for William Byrd's estate, "Land of Eden," which see.

Edenhouse

community in E Bertie County on the Chowan River. Site of Eden House, home of Governor Charles Eden, 1714-22, and Governor Gabriel Johnston, 1732-52.

Edenhouse Point

point of land extending into Chowan River, E Bertie County. Location of an early seine fishery.

Edens Pond

See Watsons Pond.