community in SW Columbus County. Inc. 1907 as a town; charter repealed 1921.

one of 3 counties (Albemarle and Craven being the other two) set up in 1664 by the Lords Proprietors of Carolina. It embraced the territory around the mouth of Cape Fear River (then known as Charles River). Named for Edward Hyde (1609-74), Earl of Clarendon, one of the Lords Proprietors. See also Charles Town, a settlement that existed in the colony, 1662-65.

See Cape Fear River.

See Yeopim Creek.

community in E Mitchell County on Cane Creek.

community in W Haywood County.

rises near Yellow Mountain in NW Buncombe County and flows SE into Sandy Mush Creek.

rises in N central Buncombe County and flows NW into Flat Creek.

rises in W Swain County and flows SE into Fontana Lake.

on Goose Creek Island, NE Pamlico County, flows NW between Mouse Harbor on the E and Pamlico River on the w.