Gazetteer

NE Iredell County.

community in W Robeson County.

community in SW Buncombe County near the Haywood County line. Named for the fact that it was the site of the first tollgate W of Asheville on the old turnpike between Asheville and Murphy. In the early 1860s, a tavern for the accommodation of stagecoach passengers was opened there by John C. Smathers; with the coming of the railroad in 1882, Smathers enlarged his building, serving meals to railway passengers and taking in summer tourists. A post office operated there, 1858-1908.

rises in E Hertford County and flows SE into Hoggard Swamp.

rises in NE Cherokee County and flows NW into Valley River.

rises in SE Onslow County and flows SE through tidal marsh into the Atlantic Ocean through Browns Inlet.

rises in S Macon County and flows N into Cullasaja River.

community in W Cherokee County on the Tennessee line near Copperhill, Tenn. Served by post office, 1847-1912.

community in W Craven County. Settled 1825. Named for the Indians who formerly lived in the area. Alt. 39.

summer resort in E Hertford County near the town of Winton on Chowan River. Originally a Tuscarora Indian village; settled about 1710 by John Cotton of Virginia and known as Cotton's Crossing as late as 1759, when it was authorized to be laid out as the county seat. Later known as Old Barfields and Barfields.