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Place Description
Spice Creek

rises in W Watauga County and flows NE into Laurel Creek.

Spicers Bay

S Onslow County in Stump Sound. Named for John Spicer.

Spices Cove

NE Buncombe County between Pinnacle Mountain and Dillingham Creek.

Spies (speece)

community in NW Moore County.

Spikes Creek

rises in SW Gates County and flows SE into Chowan River.

Spillcorn Creek

rises in N Madison County and flows SW into Big Laurel Creek. Said to have been named because an early settler spilled a load of corn in the creek.

Spilona

community in central Johnston County served by post office, 1882-1903.

Spindale

town in central Rutherford County. Est. 1916 by K. S. Tanner and named by him for its location in a valley where cotton mills were est. Inc. 1923. Isothermal Community College, est. 1966, is located there.

Spit Bay

between Davis Island and Davis Shore in Core Sound in E Carteret County.

Spivey Creek

rises in NW Yancey County and flows NW into Tennessee, where it enters Indian Creek.