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community in S central Union County on the E side of Cane Creek. Formerly known as Wilson's Old Store community. Shown on maps as Walkersville as early as 1886.

community in NE Buncombe County.

community in SW Union County.

series of immovable natural stepping stones below Flat Shoals of Watauga River near the Tennessee line in NW Watauga County. They are regularly placed across the river, and one may walk over them even when the stream is swollen, hence the name.

community in SW Union County served by post office, 1885-1908. Also spelled Wauchope. William R. Davie's assault on Tories took place, 1780, on Wauchope plantation.

community in N central Beaufort County, lat. 35°35' N., long. 76°52'15" W. Named by Surry Parker, local lumberman, for Wallace and Waters families, who lived here. Alt. 34.

town in S Duplin County. Post office est. 1866. Alt. 51. Inc. 1873 as Duplin Roads. Name changed to Wallace in honor of Stephen D. Wallace, vice president of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, prior to 1899, in which year the town was reincorporated. Produces textiles.

rises in SE Union County and flows NE into Little Brown Creek.

NE Carteret County, a navigable lane in Ocracoke Inlet running NW and se. Appears by the name on the Price survey of Ocracoke Inlet, 1795. Named for David Wallace Jr., whose house on Portsmouth Island was used as a sighting point by pilots using the channel entering the Atlantic Ocean. Sometimes referred to as Beacon Island Road in the eighteenth century.

rises in NE Alexander County and flows S in Greasy Creek. Probably named for Richard Wallace, pioneer Baptist minister.