Gazetteer

central Onslow County about 2 mi. S of the city of Jacksonville, the point of land between the junction of New River and Northeast Branch. Now within the Camp Lejeune reservation.

community in N Pasquotank County served by post office, 1892-1903.

central Buncombe County, extends NW from Iron Ore Ridge to Reems Creek.

community in S Yancey County on Cane River. Alt. 2,930.

or See Murfreesboro.

town in W Hertford County on Meherrin River. Settled around 1707 and known as Murfree's Landing for William Murfree, colonial and Revolutionary leader and owner of the town site. Known as Murfree's Ferry by 1770. Est. as Murfreesboro 1787. Site of Chowan University, founded there in 1848. Alt. 75. Produces wooden containers, tobacco, peanuts, cotton, corn, and pork. See also Princeton.

NW Hertford County.

community in S Duplin County.

town and county seat, central Cherokee County at the junction of Hiwassee and Valley Rivers. Alt. 1,535. Site known first as Christie Ford for an Indian named Christie who lived there. Later called Huntersville for Col. A. R. S. Hunter, who est. a trading post there with the Cherokee Indians about 1830. Inc. as Murphy, 1851, and named for Archibald Debow Murphey (1758-1832), leader for internal improvements in North Carolina. Fort Butler, site ¼ mi. sw, was one of the assembly points used by Gen. Winfield Scott in 1838 to gather Cherokees before moving them west. The fort served as a site for the first courts until a suitable building was erected in Murphy. Produces textiles and lumber.

a swamp in E Bladen County SE of Black Lake. See also Carolina Bays.