community on South Fork New River in SW Ashe County. Alt. approx. 2,950.

rises in SE Brunswick County and flows NW into Lockwoods Folly River.

former township in SW Cleveland County, now township no. 1.

SE Columbus County; formerly known as Crusoe Island. Renamed by resolution of the General Assembly, 1961. A marshy and sandy section between the Waccamaw River and the Columbus-Brunswick county line, it lies on the edge of Green Swamp, which see. It was named Crusoe Island by outsiders because of its isolation. French political refugees, who first settled in Haiti, are said to have arrived there in 1806; their descendants still live there. Roads now penetrate the area.

community in E Craven County. Settled 1878 and named because of its location near Neuse River.

community in S Macon County on Little Tennessee River.

community in central Beaufort County on the N shore of Pamlico River.

community in E Scotland County on Lumber River. A summer resort used by residents of nearby towns and their descendants. Subject of John Charles McNeill's poetry.

See Resoe Creek.

rises in central Rockingham County and flows W into Dan River. Named for Roach family, gristmill operators.