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Frenchs Creekrises in SE Bladen County and flows S into Cape Fear River.
Frenchs Creekrises in SE Onslow County and flows NW into New River opposite Rhodes Point. Appears as Frenchmans Creek in local records as early as 1744. Took its name from the fact that Alexander Nicola, a Frenchman, settled near its mouth.
Frenchs Creek TownshipSE Bladen County.
Fresh Pond Hilla sand hill near Wash Woods 4 mi. S of the Virginia state line on Currituck Banks, NE Currituck County.
Freydeckterm used by Moravians to describe "area across the Blue Mountains on New River," likely the present Watauga-Wilkes County area. By the account in Bishop Augustus Spangenberg's diary (1752), "it is very lonesome, not one man lives there." From the German freideck, meaning blank slate. Appears on the Bellin map, 1757.
Friar Swamprises in SE Bladen County and flows S into Columbus County, where it enters Buckhead Swamp. Council Mill Pond is on Friar Swamp.
Friar Swamprises in N Columbus County and flows SW into Lake Waccamaw.
Friars CoveSE Buncombe County between High Hickory Ridge and Eskridge Cove.
Friday Shoalsin South Fork Catawba River, N Gaston County near Hardin. Named for Capt. Nicholas Friday, who settled there about 1760. The court for newly established Lincoln County met at his house in 1783 and 1784.
Friedbergcommunity in N Davidson County served by post office, first in 1860 and later from 1893 to 1903.