Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Mortons Store |
community in N Alamance County served by post office, 1852-1906. |
| Morven |
town in SE Anson County. Inc. 1883. Post office est. there in 1823 and named for Morven, Scotland, home of the mother of Hugh McKenzie, first postmaster. Alt. 341. |
| Morven Township |
SE Anson County. |
| Moscow |
community in NW Bladen County served by post office, 1892-1907. |
| Moseley County |
In about 1907 an unsigned petition was presented to the General Assembly proposing that a county be created from portions of Lenoir, Wayne, and Greene Counties, with the county seat at LaGrange. It was to be named for William D. Moseley (1795-1863), who was born near LaGrange and who was governor of Florida, 1845-49. The General Assembly apparently never acted on the petition. |
| Moseley Creek |
rises in Great Dover Swamp, W Craven County, and flows NW into Neuse River. For a part of its course, it forms the Craven-Lenoir county line. |
| Moseley Hall |
See LaGrange. |
| Moseley Hall Township |
NW Lenoir County. Named for plantation house of Moseley family. |
| Moseley's Cove |
S Pender County on Northeast Cape Fear River. Adjacent land once was owned by Edward Moseley (1682-1749), colonial surveyor general and member of the governor's council. |
| Moseley's Creek |
See Parrotts Creek. |