S Macon County between Jones Creek and North Fork [Skeenah Creek].

in Carteret and Hyde Counties, a navigable lane in Ocracoke Inlet running N and S between Wallace Channel and Teaches Hole. Appears on the Price survey of Ocracoke Inlet, 1795, as Ship Channel.

rises in S Clay County and flows NE into Hiwassee River.

rises in central Caldwell County and flows S and SW into Lower Creek.

community in central Sampson County served by post office, 1898-1905.

S Buncombe County N of Skyland.

on the Henderson-Polk county line.

On November 28, 1817, the General Assembly attempted to create a county by the name from a portion of Rowan County. It was intended to honor War of 1812 naval hero Johnston Blakely.

town authorized to be est. and laid off on the lands of Andrew Polk on Little Creek in NW Anson County in 1817. Probably named for Capt. Johnston Blakely, North Carolina naval hero who lost his life at sea in the War of 1812. There is no evidence that the town was est., nor is it known whether there was any connection with the nearby community of Blakely in Montgomery County.

former community in W Montgomery County on Pee Dee River at the mouth of Island Creek. A post office as late as 1822, but abandoned shortly afterward as a result of the depression of 1819. See also Blakeleyville.