Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Orapeake Swamp |
See Corapeake Swamp. |
| Orbit |
community in S Bladen County served by post office, 1898-1911. |
| Orchard Branch |
rises in E Haywood County and flows SE into Fines Creek. |
| Orchard Creek |
rises in E Pamlico County and flows SE into Neuse River. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733. |
| Orchard Ridge |
N Madison County between Big Laurel Creek and Little Foster Creek. |
| Ore Hill |
See Mount Vernon Springs. |
| Ore Knob |
N Haywood County between Fall Branch and Hurricane Creek. |
| Oregon |
See South Creek. |
| Oregon Hill |
community in N Rockingham County served by post office, 1853-66 and 1868-1909. Located between the heads of Quaqua and Lovelace Creeks. It is said that a man stopped there early in the nineteenth century on his way to Oregon but never got any farther, so he called the site Oregonville and the name evolved. Nearby Guerrant Springs was a popular resort later in the century and into the early 1900s. |
| Oregon Inlet |
E Dare County from Pamlico Sound into the Atlantic Ocean between S tip of Bodie Island and N tip of Pea Island. Formed by a hurricane on September 7, 1846. Named for the first vessel to pass through, the side-wheeler Oregon State-operated free ferry across the inlet now replaced by the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge, approx. 2½ mi. long, which opened in December 1963; named for N.C. congressman Herbert C. Bonner (1891-1965). |