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Place Description
Avilla

community in W Alexander County on Middle Little River. Served by post office from 1888 to 1906.

Avoca

community in E Bertie County on the site of Avoca Plantation, part of the eighteenth-century Nathanael Duckenfield estate. Name comes from the phrase "sweet vale of Avoca" in Thomas Moore's poem "The Meeting of the Waters." See also Black Walnut Point.

Avon

community on Hatteras Island, SE Dare County. Post office est. in 1873 as Kinnakeet. Post office renamed Avon in 1883. Alt. 3.

Avondale

community in SE Rutherford County on Second Broad River between the communities of Caroleen on the N and Henrietta on the s.

Axe Ridge

in S Graham County, extends N from Panther Cove to Little Snowbird Creek.

Axtell

community in W Warren County between Long Branch and Phoebes Creek. Alt. 400. Settled during the Revolutionary War and first named Old Shatter, a corruption of Chateau. Shatter Muster Ground, used during the Civil War, was located there. The post office that was located there from 1885 until 1889 was named Shatter. Name changed to Axtell in 1890 for noted race horse.

Aycock

community in N Wayne County and S Wilson County between Great Swamp and Aycock Swamp.

Aycock Creek

rises in S Granville County and flows NE into Tar River.

Aycock Crossing

community in SW Wilson County.

Aycock Millpond

in N Wayne County on Great Swamp. Adjacent to Sasser Millpond, named for the original owners. Max. depth 12 ft.; area covered, 30 acres. Fishing and boating open to the public.