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is formed on the Mitchell-Yancey county line near Boonford by the junction of North Toe and South Toe Rivers. It flows NW along the line to join Cane River in forming Nolichucky River. Tradition says the name is derived from Estatoe, the name of an Indian princess who drowned herself in the river when her lover was killed by her kinsmen.

S Avery County.

community in central Mitchell County at the junction of Toe River and Cane Creek. Alt. 2,058.

See Genlee.

See Elm City and see Toisnot Swamp.

rises in S Nash County and flows SE into N Wilson County. It flows across the county and enters Contentnea Creek in S Wilson County. The name Toisnot is from the Iroquoian language base of the Tuscarora tosneoc, meaning "close to two rivers." The name is properly applied not to a single village but to around a dozen different sites occupied by the Tuscarora in what is now E Wilson County. Until about the 1850s, the name was spelled Tosneot and appears that way in local records dating from 1741 and on the Collet map, 1770.

N Wilson County.

community just outside the N limits of the city of Fayetteville, central Cumberland County.

United States Lock Number 3, on Cape Fear River in NW Bladen County.

community in E Robeson County served by post office, 1876-1911.