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Place Description
Wack

See Wachovia; Salem Creek.
Waco

town in E Cleveland County. Alt. 916. Settled 1857. Inc. 1887. Named by George W. Hendrick for Waco, Tex.
Waddells

community in central Rockingham County served by post office, 1876-1903. Known as Langdon after 1890.
Wade

town in NE Cumberland County. Settled about 1886. Inc. 1889; reincorporated 1913, but long inactive in municipal affairs. Named for N. G. Wade, who donated the railroad right-of-way. Alt. 141.
Wade Creek

rises in E Carteret County and flows S approx. 1 mi. into Jarrett Bay. Formerly also known as Willis Creek.
Wade Gap

in Newfound Mountain on Buncombe-Haywood county line near the headwaters of Sandy Mush Creek.
Wade Point

extends from S Pasquotank County into Albemarle Sound. Appears as Wades Point on the Moseley map, 1733. It lies between Big Flatty Creek and the Pasquotank River.
Wade's Shore

a bay on the N side of Shackle ford Banks, S Carteret County. A former whaling settlement by the same name existed there.
Wades Point

point of land in E Beaufort County on the N side of Pamlico River at the W side of the mouth of Pungo River, lat. 35°23'18" N., long. 76°34'35" W. See also Moores Beach. Appears as Battis Point on the Comberford map, 1657.
Wadesboro

town and county seat, central Anson County. Authorized to be est. 1783 as county seat. Called New Town until 1787, when it was changed to Wadesboro to honor Col. Thomas Wade, Revolutionary War patriot and brother-in-law of Patrick Boggan, pioneer settler. Alt. 423. Scientists from all over the United States and Europe gathered there in 1900 to view a total eclipse of the sun. Produces hosiery, textiles, wooden boxes, bricks, hoists, medical supplies, and food products.