Gazetteer

rises in S Greene County and flows NE into Contentnea Creek. Earlier called Caswells Branch. Name derived from the fact that it runs by the former County Home.

community in W Union County.

community in SE Polk County served by post office, 1881-1914. Named for Green River crossing.

E Watauga County between Chestnut Branch and Elk Creek. Alt. approx. 2,350.

community in S Wilkes County served by post office, 1888-1916.

W Vance County approx. 1 mi. W of the town of Kittrell. Popecastle Inn was est. there approx. 1734, and local usage changed the name to Pop Castle. Racetrack, cockpit, and tavern were adjuncts of the inn; use of the racetrack began during the Revolution, and the main building of the inn was dismantled after the Civil War.

community in central Robeson County.

NW Cumberland County, was est. during World War I and named in honor of Lt. Harley Halbert Pope, who died in a postwar aircraft accident on the Cape Fear River near Fayetteville, January 7, 1919.

rises in W Halifax County and flows S into Fishing Creek.

See Pop Castle.