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Place Description
Mabel

community in N Watauga County on Cove Creek.

Mabry

community in central Stanly County served by post office, 1889-1906.

MacArthur

See Japan.

Macay's Mill

an early Rowan County landmark. It was used as a recruiting place for soldiers during the Revolutionary War as well as a point of discharge. It was owned for many years by Judge Spruce Macay, who taught Andrew Jackson law in Salisbury. The mill, on Grants Creek in the SE section of the county, was built by Thomas Frohock and later sold to Macay. The mill was used until World War I, although the millpond was drained about 1870 because of fever epidemics. Appears on the Collet map, 1770, as Frohock Mill.

Macclesfield

town in S Edgecombe County. Inc. 1901 and named for Macclesfield, England, town of origin of the ancestors of Henry Clark Bridgers, founder of East Carolina Railroad. Alt. 100.

Mace Branch

rises in N McDowell County on the S slope of Stony Knob and flows SE about 1½ mi. into Rag Creek.

Macedonia

community in NE Yadkin County.

Machapounga River

See Pungo River.

Machapunga Bluff

See Bluff Point.

Machapunga, Machapungo

See Pungo.