See Murphy.

community in SE Catawba County. Est. 1857. Named for Maj. William Chronicle, killed at Battle of Kings Mountain. Alt. 1,048.

community in central Person County served by post office, 1884-1905.

community in N Wilkes County near East Prong Roaring River.

rises in NE Rutherford County and flows S into Duncans Creek.

SE Clay County, extending SE from Riley Knob to Big Laurel. Alt. 4,986. Named by slim Indian maidens who delighted in the capture (by her father) of a heavyset Indian lass who had run away to marry a young brave against her family's wishes.

rises in central Durham County and flows E into Little Lick Creek.

central Buncombe County near the headwaters of Ross Creek.

See Ross Creek.

rises in central Clay County and flows S between Matlock Creek and Moores Branch into Tusquitee Creek.