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Place Description
Minersville

mining community in SE McDowell County near Dysartsville.

Mines Creek

rises in NW Bladen County and flows E into Cape Fear River.

Mingo

community in NW Sampson County. A post office operated there, 1875-1903. Takes its name from East Mingo Branch (or Mingo Swamp). Mingo was an Indian word for a treacherous person.

Mingo Creek

rises in NE Swain County and flows NW into Raven Fork.

Mingo Mill

See Burnt Mill Creek.

Mingo Swamp

See East Mingo Branch.

Mingo Township

NW Sampson County.

Mingus Creek

in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, rises in NE Swain County and flows S and E into Oconaluftee River.

Mingus Ridge

W Haywood County, extends SE between Winchester Creek and Little Branch.

Mining Branch

rises in N central Transylvania County and flows SE into King Creek.