Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Weaver |
community in central Durham County. |
| Weaver Branch |
rises in NE Cherokee County and flows SW into Junaluska Creek. |
| Weaver Creek |
rises in E Vance County and flows S into Southerlands Millpond on Sandy Creek. |
| Weaversford |
community in NE Ashe County. Alt. approx. 2,500. |
| Weaverville |
town in N central Buncombe County. The site was referred to as Pine Cabbin in eighteenth-century records of the county and a little later as Salem Camp Ground. A post office est. there in 1850 was named Reems Creek and changed to Weaverville in 1873. Inc. 1875. Named for Rev. Montraville Weaver, who gave land and money in 1872 to est. Weaver College (closed in 1933). From 1919 until 1921, the town was named Elkwood. Alt. 2,300. Produces textiles. |
| Weaverville Reservoir |
N Buncombe County on Ox Creek near Bull Mountain. |
| Webb |
community in W Mitchell County on Brummett Creek. |
| Webb Branch |
rises in SW Buncombe County near Holland Mountain and flows SW into Hominy Creek. |
| Webb Cove |
the valley through which Webb Cove Creek flows in central Buncombe County. |
| Webb Cove Creek |
rises in the Elk Mountains in central Buncombe County and flows SW to join Linn Cove Creek in forming Beaverdam Creek. |