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Place Description
Terebinthe

See Cedar Creek.

Teresita

community in S Macon County on Jones Creek.

Terra Ceia

community in N central Beaufort County. Alt. 16. Settled in the early 1920s by Dutch bulb growers; the community's name means "heavenly land."

Terra Cotta

former community in central Guilford County, now within the bounds of Greensboro. Name is Latin for "cooked earth." Named for the hard-baked clay plant there. Alt. 889.

Terrace Fork

See Terris Fork.

Terrapin

community in W Halifax County served by post office, 1893-1911.

Terrapin Creek

rises in E Catawba County and flows E into Catawba River.

Terrapin Island

tidal-marsh island in Pamlico Sound, NE Pamlico County.

Terrapin Mountain

in S Jackson County between Chattooga Ridge and Chattooga River. Also called Fodderstack Mountain. Alt. 4,510. Known by the Cherokee Indians as Klansoona (terrapin).

Terrapin Point

in SE Bertie County extending into Batchelor Bay at the N side of Cashie River.