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Place Description
Spread Eagle Branch

rises in NE Cherokee County and flows SW into Pile Creek.

Spring

community in SE Iredell County served by post office, 1898-1903.

Spring Bank

former plantation and ferry, central Wayne County on Neuse River midway between the mouths of Stoney and Sleepy Creeks. Owned by Joseph Green Sr., largest slave owner in the county in 1790 and a member of the General Assembly. In 1784 Spring Bank was designated as a location for the receipt and inspection of tobacco. The Price map, 1808, shows only Green's Ferry at the location.

Spring Branch

rises in E Craven County and flows SE into Broad Creek.

Spring Creek

rises in W Alexander County and flows SW into Lower Little River.

Spring Creek Gap

on the Haywood-Madison county line.

Spring Creek Mountain

extends NE from Frieze-land Creek in S Madison County to Rector Branch. Hop Mountain, with an alt. of 4,072 ft., is a peak on the mountain.

Spring Creek Township

former township in SW Madison County, now township no. 8.

Spring Garden

community in NW Craven County on Neuse River. A farming area that has retained the name of the plantation of Governor Richard Dobbs Spaight.

Spring Hill

community in E Halifax County. Alt. 70.