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town authorized in 1801 to be est. in Orange County at or near Woody's Ferry on Haw River. It was a project of the Deep and Haw River Company designed to improve river navigation, but apparently the town was never laid out.

town in W Carteret County on Newport River. Inc. 1866. Alt. 20 ft. First known as Bells Corners, but Quakers from Rhode Island settled there and changed the name to Newport for the city in their native state.

a marshy island in Newport River about 1 mi. NE of Morehead City between the channel of the Intracoastal Waterway and Crab Point Thorofare in central Carteret County. Formerly Haystack Marshes.

SE Tyrrell County, extends from the mainland into Alligator River. Appears on the Collet map, 1770, as Nupernuse Point.

rises in W Carteret County and flows about 23 mi. E and SE into the central part of the county, where it enters Bogue Sound. Appears as Coranine River on the Lawson map, 1709, but as Newport River on the Moseley map, 1733.

on Newport River and Broad Creek in NE Carteret County. For a time called township no. 3.

community in S Davidson County on Yadkin River. Alt. 558. Named for the family from whom land was acquired for the railroad station.

community in E Wayne County between Walnut Creek and West Bear Creek.

community in SE Hertford County.

ne Carteret County, E extension of Piney Island into West Bay.