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Place Description
Crane Branch

rises in central Madison County and flows N into Revere Creek.

Crane Creek

rises in S Cherokee County and flows SW into Nottely River.

Crane Creek

rises in S Rowan County and flows NE into High Rock Lake (Yadkin River). Mentioned in local records as early as 1728. Appears on the Collet map, 1770, as Cane Creek, but as Crane Creek on the Price map, 1808. Crane Creek has three tributaries, all called Crane Creek; one of them, near Salisbury, is sometimes called Town Creek.

Crane Creek

rises in S Sampson County and flows S into Six Runs Creek.

Crane Creek

rises in S Wilkes County and flows NE into Rocky Creek.

Crane Creek

See Crains Creek. The stream in Lee and Moore Counties has been variously spelled Crane, Crane's, and Crains.

Crane Island

See Campbell Island.

Crane Ponds

a cluster of half a dozen small natural lakes in NW Onslow County. Apparently first named on Bache's U.S. Coast Survey map, 1865.

Crane(y) Island

See Harkers Island.

Cranes Island

See Eagles Island.