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Place Description
Mollie

community in S Columbus County.

Mollie Branch

rises in W Avery County and flow E into Roaring Creek.

Mollie Ridge

W Avery County.

Molly Fork

rises in NE Rutherford County and flows SE and NE into First Broad River.

Moltonville

community in E Sampson County.

Momeyer

community in W central Nash County. Est. about 1910 and named for Thomas Momeyer, local resident who est. a sawmill there. Previously the community had been known as Bass's Crossroads. Alt. 190.

Mon Swamp

in SE Tyrrell County.

Monbo

community in E Catawba County on Catawba River. Named Mont Beau by the owner of a local cotton mill, but residents of the area soon corrupted the name into its present form. See also East Monbo.

Moncure

community in SE Chatham County on Deep River. A post office est. there in 1877. Inc. 1905; charter repealed1935. Named for Thomas Jefferson Moncure, civil engineer, who built the railroad station. The former town of Haywood is immediately SE of Moncure.

Mondine Branch

rises in S Jones County and flows S into White Oak River. Probably named for the Mundine family, early settlers.