Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Ring Fire Knob |
SE Wilkes County between Little Hunting Creek and Osborne Creek. Alt. approx. 1,300. |
| Ringstaff Mountains |
range in the Cane Creek Mountains, S Alamance County. |
| Ringwood |
town in SW Halifax County. Inc. 1877, but long inactive in municipal affairs. A number of homes there date from the early nineteenth century. |
| Rio |
community in S central Transylvania County. |
| Rio Jordan |
See Cape Fear River. |
| Rip Shin Mountain |
N Caldwell County. Alt. 2,200. |
| Ripley |
former town on the W outskirts of Hendersonville in central Henderson County. Inc. 1909; charter repealed 1917. |
| Rippetoe Mountain |
S Caldwell County. Alt. 1,298. Named for William Rippetoe, who received the mountain in a land grant. |
| Rippys Township |
former township in S Cleveland County, now township no. 3. |
| Ripshin Mountain |
SW Buncombe County N of Mount Pisgah. |