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is formed in W Wilkes County by the junction of North Fork Reddies River and Middle Fork Reddies River. It flows SE into Yadkin River.

central Wilkes County.

See Elizabeth City.

E Wilkes County N of Flat Rock Creek.

rises in S Mitchell County near Swafford Gap and flows W into East Fork Grassy Creek. Said to have been named for the Reddix family, which camped near its head. While there, two of their children died of colic and were buried at the head of the stream. Recent maps have used the form Reddick.

rises in NW Madison County and flows S into Shelton Laurel Creek.

community in N Davie County. Originally known as Bethlehem community for a Methodist church (on the site of Old Timber Ridge Meeting House, where Moravian ministers preached as early as 1773). When a post office was est. there in 1892, the name Bethlehem could not be used, as it was already in use elsewhere in the state. Redland was chosen as descriptive of the soil thereabouts. Post office closed 1906. Alt. 875.

is formed in NE Swain County by the confluence of Left Fork and Right Fork and flows SW into Bunches Creek.

NE Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a spur extending SW from Balsam Mountain, lat. 35°34'15" N., long. 83°12' W.

S Buncombe County SW of Hogback Ridge.