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Place Description
Sunny View

community in N Polk County on Walnut Creek.

Sunnyside

community in NW Cabarrus County.

Sunset

community in central Granville County served by post office, 1892-1905.

Sunset Beach

town in SW Brunswick County. Inc. in 1963.

Sunset Lake

S Wake County on Middle Creek at the junction of Basal Creek; formerly known as Orfords Pond. Covers 100 acres; max. depth 20 ft. Used for fishing and boating.

Sunset Mountain

central Buncombe County NE of Asheville.

Sunset Park

former town in central Buncombe County, now wholly within the corporate limits of Asheville. Inc. 1891; charter repealed 1897. It lay N of the town limits and W of Charlotte Street extension.

Sunset Rock

on Satulah Branch in SE Macon County.

Sunshine

community in NE Rutherford County on Robinson Creek. Served by post office, 1881-1908. Named prior to 1881 by J. W. Biggerstaff, who had a store there. The site is shaded in the early morning by Cherry Mountain, but it acquired its name because local residents could see the sunshine on the top of the mountain.

Sunup Knob

on Haywood County, N.C.-Cocke County, Tenn., line in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near lat. 35°44'45" N., long. 83°10'14" W. Alt. 5,050-5,100.