Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Yawpim |
appears on the Moseley map, 1733, as a community in E Pasquotank Precinct, now Camden County, on North River. The name survives elsewhere as Yeopim, which see. |
| Yeates Knob |
See Big Butte. |
| Yeatesville |
town in E Beaufort County on Pungo Creek. Inc. 1881, but long inactive in municipal affairs. Named for Jesse J. Yeates (1829-92), Confederate officer and member of Congress. |
| Yellow Bald |
S Macon County between Hurricane Creek and Bearpen Creek. |
| Yellow Branch |
rises in NE Swain County and flows SE into Raven Fork. |
| Yellow Buck Ridge |
N Caldwell County. Named by Bryson Coffey for a large yellow buck that he killed there. Alt. approx. 1,500. |
| Yellow Creek |
rises in N Graham County and flows W into Cheoah River. |
| Yellow Creek Gap |
N Graham County between the headwaters of Yellow Creek and Tuskeegee Creek. |
| Yellow Creek Mountains |
extend from Cheoah River in NW Graham County E along the course of Yellow Creek to the headwaters of Mountain Creek. |
| Yellow Creek Township |
NW Graham County. |