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Place Description
New Years Creek

rises in S Watauga County on the W limits of the town of Blowing Rock and flows S into N Caldwell County, where it enters Thunderhole Creek.

Newasiwac

an Indian village of the Neusiok tribe located in what is now the S tip of Craven County on the Neuse River estuary. Appears on the White map, 1585. Called Neuustooc on the De Bry map, 1590, and Nustoc on the Smith map, 1624.

Newbern District

at the time of the 1790 census, was composed of Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dobbs, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Pitt, and Wayne Counties.

Newberry Creek

rises in W McDowell County and flows SE into Curtis Creek.

Newbes Bridge

See Belvidere.

Newby's Bridge

See Belvidere.

Newdale

community in E Yancey County on Long Branch. Flinty, former post office serving the area, is a part of Newdale.

Newell

community in E Mecklenburg County. Settled about 1880 and named for John A. Newell, local resident, in whose home the first post office was est. in 1882. Alt. 756.

Newfound

community in W Buncombe County on Newfound Creek.

Newfound Creek

rises on the Buncombe-Haywood county line near Newfound Gap and flows NE into French Broad River.