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Place Description
Mocksville

town and county seat, central Davie County. Named for the Mock family, owners of the land on which the town was founded. Inc. 1839. Post office est. there, 1826. Produces apparel, furniture, chemicals. Alt. 866.

Mocksville Township

central Davie County.

Moffet Branch

rises in S Clay County and flows N into Shooting Creek.

Moffitt

community in SE Randolph County on Richland Creek. Named for Hugh Moffitt, who operated the first flour and feed mill there. A post office est. 1823 and discontinued 1935 was known as Moffitt's Mills.

Moffitt Hill

community in SW McDowell County.

Moffitt Mountain

E Jackson County between Chastine Creek and Coward Mountain.

Moffitt's Mills

See Moffitt.

Mohawk

community in W Harnett County served by post office, 1891-1908.

Mojoson

community in NW Guilford County.

Molasses Creek

a tidal creek in SE Brunswick County, rises in the swampy NE part of Oak Island and flows E into Elizabeth River.