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Place | Description |
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New Topsail Beach | See Topsail Beach. |
New Topsail Inlet | S Pender County between Old Topsail Inlet and the Onslow-Pender county line, through which waters of Topsail Sound flow into the Atlantic Ocean. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733. |
Old Topsail Creek | rises in S Pender County and flows S into Topsail Sound. |
Old Topsail Inlet | S Pender County, through which waters of Topsail Sound enter the Atlantic Ocean. It lies between New Topsail Inlet on the N and Rich Inlet on the s. |
Old Topsail Inlet | See Beaufort Inlet. |
Topsail | community in S Pender County. Alt. 40. |
Topsail Beach | town in SE Pender County on the Atlantic Ocean side of Topsail Island. Inc. 1963. Known prior to 1963 as New Topsail Beach. |
Topsail Inlet | See Beaufort Inlet. |
Topsail Island | E Pender County. Barrier beach lying between Topsail Sound and the Atlantic Ocean. Approx. 8½ mi. long. |
Topsail Sound | extends NE from Mason Inlet, NE New Hanover County, across Pender County to Stump Inlet on the Onslow-Pender county line. It is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a barrier beach. The sound, about 17 mi. in length, is filled with tidal-marsh islands. Named for the fact that local residents watched from there for the appearance of topsails of approaching vessels. |
Topsail Township | SE Pender County. |
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