S Sampson County overlooking Black River.

rises in N Yancey County and flows NW into Cane River.

near Cullasaja, E Macon County. A blood-colored liquid oozing from the granite rock is said by legend to mark the site where a young man of the community was murdered by a jealous rival for the affections of a local lass.

is formed by the junction of Millstone and Juniper Creeks in NW Wilson County. It flows SE into Contentnea Creek. Known prior to 1782 as Great Swamp.

community in S Robeson County.

community in W Stanly County. Probably named for an early operator of a cotton gin.

See Archdale.

waterway off Roanoke Bay separating Off Island from Bodie Island, E Dare County.

rises in S Pender County and flows NE into Trumpeters Swamp. Probably named for Samuel Blossom, a Portuguese emigrant who operated a ferry across the Northeast Cape Fear River in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

community in central Macon County on a tributary of Cartoogechaye Creek.