the valley through which Beaverdam Creek flows in SW Buncombe County.

S Clay County near Brasstown Gap.

rises in the Elk Mountains, central Buncombe County, and flows SW into Beaverdam Creek.

rises in the Great Craggy Mountains, NE Buncombe County, and flows generally NW to join Mineral Creek in forming Stony Creek.

on the Clay-Macon county line.

N Madison County between Big Creek and Mill Creek.

N Buncombe County near the Madison County line.

S Wayne County in Yellow Swamp.

on the N end of Rich Mountain in NW Jackson County.

town est. 1723 to be laid out on the NE side of Roanoke Island, then Bertie, later Tyrrell, and now E Dare County. An act of 1715, without naming the town, attempted to encourage its establishment. A few lots may have been sold by 1733, when it was referred to as "Roanoak Town," but it never developed as planned.