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at the mouth of Second Creek in E Tyrrell County.

E Tyrrell County, extends from the mainland into Alligator River near the mouth of Second Creek.

the middle of a series of three waterfalls on Yellowstone Prong, S Haywood County.

rises in E Swain County and flows SW into Yalaka Creek.

rises in W Davidson County and flows S into High Rock Lake on Yadkin River. Appears on the Collet map, 1770, as Potts Creek.

an Indian village once located on the S side of Pamlico River in what is now E Beaufort County in the vicinity of Hobucken; visited by John White and other explorers based on Roanoke Island in the sixteenth century. The name meant "town at the bend of a river." Appears as Secoton on the White map, 1585; as Secota on the De Bry map, 1590; and as Secotan on the Velasco map, 1611. See also Seco.

community in E Guilford County. The Alice Freeman Palmer Memorial Institute, a junior college and high school for African American women est. 1901, operated there until 1960s. Campus now a State Historic Site.

community in W central Guilford County. Named for the fields of sedge (grasslike plants) in the vicinity. English-style inn opened 1927. Golf course hosts national tournaments.

community in N central Forsyth County.

S central Transylvania County between Dunn Creek and Haunty Branch. Alt. 3,080.