See Cape Fear.

community in S Cleveland County served by post office, 1898-1902.

modern variant homonym of Carolina that gained use in popular culture after World War II. Origin variously attributed to tsalaki, Cherokee word for native people, and to cocklaleechie, a traditional Scottish soup.

rises in S Macon County and flows SW into Tessentee Creek.

S Macon County at the head of Whiterock Branch.

rises in Virginia and flows SW into N Stokes County. Turning slightly to the NW, it flows back into Virginia.

rises in central Clay County and flows SE into Tusquitee Creek. Named for an early black settler who lived on the branch.

rises in W Sampson County and flows SE into Little Coharie Creek.

rises in N Franklin County and flows NE into Little Shocco Creek.

S Watauga County on the head of Laurel Creek.