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Place Description
Sweetwater Spring

in the headwaters of Haywood Gap Stream in S Haywood County.

Sweetwater Township

W Clay County.

Sweezy Mountain

a peak on Cherry Mountain, E Rutherford County. A large pile of rocks on the W side is known as the Rock House.

Swepsonville

community in central Alamance County. Named for George W. Swepson (1811-83), who built a cotton mill there in 1868. Inc. 1887; charter repealed 1901.

Swift Creek

rises in S central Pitt County and flows SE into N Craven County, where it enters Neuse River. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733.

Swift Creek Township

former township in NW Edgecombe County, now township no. 7.

Swift Fork Branch

rises in SE Watauga County and flows SE into Elk Creek.

Swift Island

community in SW Montgomery County served by post office, 1850-83. Site of hydroelectric plant, 1926, forming Lake Tillery.

Swim Bald

on the Graham-Swain county line between Sassafras Gap and The Jump-up.

Swimmer Branch

rises in N Jackson County and flows S into Wrights Creek.