community in W Pitt County. Cottendale, the plantation of the Cotten family (Sallie Southall Cotten, Bruce Cotten, and others) is nearby.

central Macon County between the head of Wallace Creek and Carson Cove.

N Buncombe County between Wolfpen Gap and Middle Mountain.

E Clay County between Glade Branch and Cold Spring Branch.

NW Guilford County, named for Charles Bruce, early settler, Revolutionary War soldier, and founder of Bruce's Crossroad, now Summerfield.

See Summerfield.

rises in NE Caldwell County and flows SE into Lower Creek approx. 3 mi. W of Lenoir.

rises in W Mitchell County and flows SW into Toe River.

rises in W Mitchell County and flows SW into Toe River.

community in W Mitchell County.