town on the Edgecombe-Nash county line. Settled approx. 1840; post office est. 1866. Post office name changed to Mayonia for approx. 3 months in 1886. Inc. 1872. Named for Richard and Henry Whitaker, local landowners who supplied wood to the railroad when it was being built. First known as Whitaker's Turnout. Alt. 134.

rises in N Buncombe County and flows SW into Flat Creek.

rises in S central Avery County and flows SE into Linville River.

in S Bladen County.

community in S Orange County. A post office there, 1880-1906, was known as Gath.

community in central Cabarrus County.

in SE Bladen County on the Cape Fear River. An important early trading center.

community in SW Lee County at the Moore County line. Took its name from a Presbyterian church there on a small knoll of very white sand. A former post office there, 1887-1906, was known as Villanow. The community has also been known as Caviness Crossroads.

rises in S Lee County and flows S into Little River.

community in SW Randolph County served by post office, 1849-1908.