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Place Description
Forkade

community in NE Moore County served by post office, 1886-1905.

Forked Mountain

on the Henderson-Transylvania county line.

Forked Ridge

NE Buncombe County SW of Slaty Branch.

Forked Tree Mountain

NE Buncombe County between Burleson Branch and North Fork Ivy Creek.

Forks of Ivy

community on the Buncombe-Madison county line on Ivy Creek. Named for the fact that it is near the junction of Ivy and Little Ivy Creeks. Alt. 1,978.

Forks of Pigeon

See Canton. Post office operated by the name, 1841-1901.

Forks of Tar River

See Washington.

Former Camp Branch

rises in N Madison County and flows S into Big Laurel Creek.

Forney

former community in W Swain County on Tuckasegee River at the mouth of Forney Creek. Alt. 1,537. The site is now under the waters of Fontana Lake.

Forney Creek

rises in E Lincoln County and flows SE into Killian Creek. Named for Jacob Forney, pioneer settler of about 1750.