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Place Description
Volga

community in N Buncombe County on French Broad River. Served by post office, 1902-13. Alt. 1,721.
Voline

community in central Robeson County served by post office, 1893-1905.
Vosses Creek

See Mill Creek.
Vox

community in N Alleghany County served by post office, 1900-1932.
Vultare

community in NW Northampton County served by post office, 1894-1928.
W. Kerr Scott Reservoir

SW Wilkes County on Yadkin River. Formed by a dam completed in 1962. Covers 1,470 acres, with a shoreline of 55 mi. Alt. 1,030. Named for William Kerr Scott (1896-1958), governor of North Carolina and U.S. senator. Constructed for flood control and public recreation.
Waccamaw River

rises in Lake Waccamaw, NE Columbus County, and flows S and SW in part along the Brunswick-Columbus county line into South Carolina, where it enters Winyah Bay. Appears on the Collet map, 1770.
Waccamaw Township

W Brunswick County.
Wach

See Wachovia; Salem Creek.
Wachovia

a tract of land laid off by the General Assembly in 1755 in NE Rowan County (now Forsyth) as an area for settlement by Moravians. The Parish of Dobbs was est. at the same time, coextensive with Wachovia. Wachovia, or Wachau-the-Aue (meadow land) along the Wach or Wack (principal stream), received its name from the fact that its water course and meadow land bore some resemblance to a valley in Austria of the same name that formerly belonged to the Zinzendorf family, prominent Moravian leaders. The parish was named Dobbs in honor of Governor Arthur Dobbs. See also Dobbs Parish.