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Place Description
Wise Branch

rises in SW Buncombe County and flows NE into Bill Moore Creek.

Wise Forks

See Wyse Forks.

Wise Knob

SW Buncombe County near the headwaters of Bill Moore Creek.

Wise's Crossroads

See Gum Swamp; Wise Forks.

Wiseman's View

an overlook for Linville Gorge in NW Burke County. Named for William Wiseman, early settler who migrated from London in the eighteenth century.

Wishart Township

SE Robeson County.

Wit

See Smyrna.

Withers

community in SE Stokes County served by post office, 1884-1905.

Withrow Creek

rises in S Iredell County and flows NE into Rowan County, where it joins Back Creek in forming North Second Creek. Appears as North Fork [Second Creek] on the Collet Map, 1770.

Witness Rock Ridge

N McDowell County on the S side of Armstrong Creek.