was created in 1636 by authorities in Virginia to give Henry Frederick Howard, Lord Maltravers, a specific area for his proposed settlement. Maltravers in 1632 acquired the Heath grant (see Carolana). The new county extended from about the site of present Suffolk, Va., to New Bern, N.C. It was into the area that the earliest settlers of what is now North Carolina began to move from Virginia. The County of Norfolk was soon divided into Upper Norfolk and Lower Norfolk Counties, with the latter containing the region that later became a part of North Carolina.

SE Clay County on the SE end of Ravenrock Ridge.

S Onslow County in New River. The county's first courthouse was on the banks of New River there, 1734-35.

rises in NW Transylvania County and flows SE into North Fork French Broad River.

NW Transylvania County in Court House Creek.

N peak of Richland Mountains in N Buncombe County near lat. 35°41' N., long. 82°27'30" W.

central Camden County.

community in S Yadkin County. Formerly known as Chinquapin Cross Roads. Named for Courtney Baptist Church, organized there in 1832. A late nineteenth-century post office serving the community was named Cross Roads Church.

community in E Haywood County on Cove Creek.

rises in S Transylvania County and flows NE into East Fork French Broad River.