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Newland | town and county seat, central Avery County on Linville and North Toe Rivers. Site selected by commissioners for county seat. Inc. 1913. Named for William Calhoun Newland (1860-1938), lieutenant governor, 1909-13. Site had been early muster ground in campaign against Indians and before the Battle of Kings Mountain; called Old Fields of Toe, for Toe River. Alt. 3,589. Produces textiles. |
Newland Drainage Canal | in Newland Township in NW Pasquotank County, drains E into Pasquotank River. |
Newland Township | n Pasquotank County. |
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