community in N Ashe County served by post office, 1889-1906.

rises in N Mitchell County and flows W into Big Rock Creek.

community in central Avery County.

rises in central Avery County and flows NW into Cranberry Creek.

community in NE Alleghany County.

N central Avery County.

on the Pee Dee River in Anson and Richmond Counties. Rocking-ham Power Co. began development of falls for hydro electric power, 1907-1908; Carolina Power and Light Co. (now Progress Energy) took over, 1926. A dam 1,470 ft. long impounds a lake 9.4 mi. long covering 2,500 acres. Named for William Bluit or Blewett (1719-1810), native of England, who owned land there in 1758. Falls, now under the lake, dropped 8 or 9 ft. over a distance of about 1,000 ft.

See Blue Creek.

community in E Surry County served by post office, 1880-1902.

on Cape Fear River in central Bladen County.