community on the Pasquotank River in W Camden County. In the eighteenth century, the area was a center for the construction of small commercial sailing vessels. The river there is straight and narrow for more than a mi., and it is now a popular spot for motorboat races.

rises in SE Buncombe County on Burney Mountain and flows NW into Cane Creek. Named by early settlers who saw an Indian washing himself in the stream after an "accident" in his britches. The name appears frequently in early deeds but also is called Dirty Britches Creek.

rises in SE Buncombe County and flows NW into Cane Creek.

on Shoal Creek in SW Henderson County.

E Yancey County near the head of Shoal Creek.

W central Cherokee County.

See Masonboro Inlet.

W Jackson County between Thorpe Reservoir and Shoal Creek.

community in SE Surry County between Grassy Creek and Yadkin River. Named for Bean Shoals in Yadkin River.

SE Surry County.