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Place Description
Firescald Ridge

N Graham County, extends NE from Bearpen Gap to Little Tennessee River.

First Broad River

rises in E Rutherford County and flows SE into Cleveland County. There it flows SE and SW into Broad River. Appears on the Collet map, 1770, as Sandy River.

First Gum Swamp

See Gum Swamp.

First Hurricane Branch

rises in S Swain County and flows SW into Yalaka Creek.

First Potts Creek

rises in W Davidson County and flows SE into High Rock Lake on Yadkin River. Appears on the Collet map, 1770, as Potts Creek.

Fish Creek

rises in E Guilford County and flows NE across the NW corner of Alamance County into Caswell County, where it enters Buttermilk Creek.

Fish Dam

community in E Durham County served by post office, 1881-1902. Spelled Fishdam after 1895.

Fish Hawk Point

NE Carteret County extending into Rumley Bay.

Fish Ridge

N Haywood County, extends S beside Morgan Creek.

Fish Trap Creek

See Fishdam Creek.