town in S Moore County. Inc. 1887. Known earlier as Vineland, but the Post Office Department would not accept the name because of possible confusion with the town of the same name in New Jersey. Named for its location on the edge of the longleafpine belt. A popular winter resort. West Southern Pines, inc. 1923, became a part of Southern Pines in 1931. Alt. 516. Sandhills Community College, est. 1965, is located there.

See South Virginia.

town and resort community in NE Dare County on the S coast of North Banks between Kitty Hawk and Duck. Inc. 1969.

appears on the Comberford map, 1657, as the area of the Atlantic Ocean off the Outer Banks of modern North Carolina, roughly between the coast and the Gulf Stream.

community in S Davidson County on High Rock Lake and the Winston-Salem Southbound Railway. Post office there, 1883-1906, was known as Fairmont. Reestablished as Southmont in 1910; probably named for the new Winston-Salem Southbound Railway. Alt. 669.

town, SE Brunswick County on Cape Fear River. Fort Johnston, which see, built there, 1748-64. The town began to develop by 1792 and was named Smithville for Gen. Benjamin Smith (1751-1826). Inc. in 1805 and made county seat in 1808; remained so until a new government center opened near Bolivia in 1978. Name changed to Southport in 1889 because it was the southernmost seaport in the state. Alt. 26.

community in central Lincoln County. Named for a mill built on the S side of Lincolnton in 1891. Alt. 753.

rises in N Carteret County and flows NE into South River.

rises in S Tyrrell County near Alligator Lake and flows NE into Northwest Fork [Alligator River].

rises in W central Carteret County and flows N into Moon Creek.