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Turner's CrossroadsSee Lewiston.
Turnerscommunity in N Polk County between Green River and Walnut Creek.
Turners CreekSee Nevil Creek.
Turners Cutan extension of the Dismal Swamp Canal, W Camden County, from near the canal's former mouth in the Pasquotank River to a point farther downstream, bypassing a very narrow section of the river. The Intra-coastal Waterway passes through Turners Cut.
Turners LakeSee Lake Adger.
Turnersburgcommunity in NE Iredell County on Rocky Creek. Settled 1849 and named for Wilford Turner, local landowner. A nineteenth-century textile mill on Rocky Creek there was the first in the county; it was burned before 1900, but it was rebuilt and is still in operation. Alt. 791.
Turnersburg TownshipNE Iredell County.
Turnoutcommunity in W Robeson County.
Turnpikecommunity in SW Buncombe County near the Haywood County line. Named for the fact that it was the site of the first tollgate W of Asheville on the old turnpike between Asheville and Murphy. In the early 1860s, a tavern for the accommodation of stagecoach passengers was opened there by John C. Smathers; with the coming of the railroad in 1882, Smathers enlarged his building, serving meals to railway passengers and taking in summer tourists. A post office operated there, 1858-1908.
Turnpike Branchrises in E Hertford County and flows SE into Hoggard Swamp.