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rises in central Macon County and flows SE into Wallace Branch.

central Macon County at the head of Jacob Branch. Alt. approx. 3,700.

extends from White Oak Ridge in W Macon County to Jacob Branch in central Macon County.

town in NW Randolph County. Union Institute, a school, was est. there in 1838. Located midway between the neighborhoods of Hopewell on the S and Springfield on the n, it took its name from the fact that it was expected to serve to unite the two. Twelve years later the school was reorganized as Trinity College, and the town took its name from the college. Inc. 1869. In 1892 the college moved to Durham, becoming Duke University in 1924.

a former inlet from the Atlantic Ocean into Albemarle Sound through North Banks S of the present community of Duck. It opened prior to 1585 and closed prior to 1657. Appears on the White map, 1590. The Smith map, 1624, labels it Worcester Inlet. Probably named because it was discovered on one of the Sundays after Trinity (either the 1st or 8th of August, 1585). The site is now in NE Dare County.

NW Randolph County.

community in N Rutherford County served by post office, 1888-1906.

E Transylvania County in Little River between the mouth of Hooker Creek and the mouth of Grassy Creek. Height of the falls is 50 ft.

community in E Watauga County served by post office since 1881.

rises in S Watauga County and flows SW into Joes Creek.