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Place Description
Nit Top

on the Cherokee County, N.C.-Monroe County, Tenn., line in the Unicoi Mountains.

Nix Creek

rises in S Jackson County on N slopes of Sassafras Mountain and flows NE into Sapphire Lake.

Nix Mountain

S Jackson County between Nix Creek and Horsepasture River.

Nixon's

See Columbus.

Nixon's Town

See Nixonton.

Nixons Mill Creek

flows SE from Old Topsail Creek into Topsail Sound, S Pender County.

Nixonton

town in W Pasquotank County on Little River. The site was originally known as Windmill Point. Laid out in 1746, settled then or soon afterward, and est. 1758 as Nixon's Town. Named for Zachariah Nixon, an early settler. Appears on the Collet map, 1770; served as county seat, 1785-1800. Inc. 1818; reincorporated 1951, but not now active in municipal affairs.

Nixonton Township

S Pasquotank County.

No Ache Bay

on the W shore of Hatteras Island in the waters of Pamlico Sound, S Dare County S of the community of Salvo.

No Ache Island

a small island in No Ache Bay on the W shore of Hatteras Island in the waters of Pamlico Sound, S Dare County.