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Place Description
Mountain Township

SW Jackson County.

Mountain Valley

community in S McDowell County. Named for plantation owned by George Gradin.

Mountain View

community in S Stokes County between the head of Danbury Creek and Town Fork Creek. Mountain View Institute, an academy, operated there, 1895-1920.

Mountainside Branch

rises in S Macon County and flows NW into Big Mooney Branch.

Mountainside Grove

community on Falls Branch in E Macon County.

Mouse Creek

W Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, rises near lat. 35°42'22" N., long. 83°07'17" W., and flows NW into Big Creek. The name is an Indian one.

Mouse Harbor

bay on the E side of Goose Creek Island, NE Pamlico County in the waters of Pamlico Sound. The shape of the bay on a map vaguely suggests the shape of a mouse.

Mouse Knob

SW Graham County on Snowbird Creek. The name is a translation of the Indian name.

Mouse Mountain

N Macon County between Rickman Creek and Bradley Creek.

Mowfield

community in W Northampton County. Sir Archie, famed thoroughbred, is buried on plantation there.