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former town in central Buncombe County. Inc. 1893; became a part of Asheville in 1905.

See Whitehouse.

S central McDowell County.

Onslow County. Training site for black Marines in World War II. Adjunct to Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station. See also Mount Pleasant Point.

community in SW Montgomery County served by post office, 1854-58.

a point on the North Carolina-Georgia state line at the SE end of Sharptop Ridge, SE Clay County due S of 30 Mile Post, which see. From the point, the state line runs W to the junction of the North Carolina-Georgia-Tennessee state lines.

was formed in 1779 from Anson County. Located in the S central section of the state, it is bounded by Moore, Richmond, Stanly, Davidson, and Randolph Counties. It was named for Gen. Richard Montgomery (1736-75), Revolutionary War leader who was killed in the Battle of Quebec. Area: 499 sq. mi. County seat: Troy, with an elevation of 664 ft. Townships are Biscoe, Cheek Creek, Eldorado, Little River, Mount Gilead, Ophir, Peedee, Rocky Springs, Troy, and Uwharrie. Produces peaches, oats, wheat, corn, tobacco, cotton, poultry, hogs, livestock, cantaloupes, watermelons, textiles, furniture, packaging, carpets, mobile homes, lumber, apparel, clay, slate, pyrophyllite, and sand.

a tidal waterway in SE Brunswick County located just inside Long Beach and extending 2½ mi. W to Eastern Channel.

community in N Guilford County. Named for Thomas Jefferson's home near Charlottesville, Va. Formerly known as Lambeth for a boarding academy operated there by a minister named Lambeth.

community in W Alleghany County served by post office, 1892-1904.