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Place Description
Tanasee Ridge

on the Jackson-Transylvania county line, forms the boundary between Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests. It is approx. 11 mi. long and extends NW from the Blue Ridge.

Tanawha

See Grandfather Mountain.

Tanbark Gap

SW Cherokee County between Pack Top and Potato Creek.

Tanbark Ridge

central Buncombe County between Jones Cove and Bull Creek.

Tandaquomuc

an Indian village of either the Weapemeoc or Chowanoac tribes located in what is now SE Bertie County between the mouths of Chowan and Roanoke Rivers. Appears on the De Bry map, 1590. The name may have meant "where the road goes by the big evergreens."

Tank Creek

rises in NW Cumberland County and flows NE into Little River.

Tantram Branch

rises in SE Buncombe County near Patton Gap in the Swannanoa Mountains and flows S into Trantham Creek.

Tantroft Branch

See Tantrough Branch.

Tantrough Branch

rises in E central Yancey County and flows N into Little Crabtree Creek. Named for the wooden trough used in tanning hides that an early settler had there. The spelling Tantroft is also used.

Tanyard Branch

rises in central Rutherford County NW of Rutherfordton and flows SE into Cleghorn Creek. At one time it was known as Milk House Branch.