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Place Description
Wests Crossroads

community in E Lenoir County.

Wests Mill

community on Cowee Creek in N Macon County. In 1767 Thomas Griffiths, a South Carolina planter, shipped several tons of fine white clay, taken from a nearby pit, to the Wedgwood potteries in England.

Wet Ash Swamp

rises in Green Swamp in W Brunswick County and flows W into Waccamaw River.

Wet Creek

rises in W Moore County and flows N into Cabin Creek.

Wet Hollow

S Cherokee County; a mountain valley SW of Rocky Pen Ridge near the mouth of Crane Creek.

Wethero Mountain

between Cox Creek and Clear Creek in N Henderson County.

Weyanok Creek

See Potecasi Creek.

Weyanoke Creek

is mentioned in the Carolina Charter of 1665, in which the N boundary of the province is described as lying "within or about the degrees of 36 and 30 minutes northern latitude." It is shown on one version of the Comberford map, 1657, as Weyanoke River and on the other as Wepanoke River, one of several rivers flowing into Chowan River. Name soon fell out of use. Virginians thought it was intended to refer to Wiccacon River, while North Carolinians thought it was Nottoway River. Owing to the disagreement, a strip 15 mi. wide was long in dispute.

Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve

a 403-acre tract of forest land SE of Southern Pines, SE Moore County. Vegetation varies from dense hardwood swamp forest to open stands of longleaf pine. Given to the state of North Carolina by Katharine (Mrs. James) Boyd in 1963. Alt. 350 to 500 ft.

Whale Camp Point

See Camp Point.