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Place Description
Island Creek Reservoir

in the NW corner of Vance County, is fed by Island Creek and Little Island Creek. It is separated from Kerr Lake by a dike that prevented the flooding of nearby tungsten mines. Extends about 5 mi. along the Granville-Vance county line. Formed about 1952 after the completion of Kerr Lake.

Island Creek Township

S central Duplin County.

Island Ford

in N Rockingham County within present city of Eden. Eighteenth-century Salem-Petersburg road crossed Smith River there.

Island Ford

across Yadkin River in W Surry County near the community of Jonesville. Mentioned in local records as early as 1778.

Island Ford

former passage over the Catawba River between Catawba and Iredell Counties near the site of the dam that forms Lookout Shoals Lake, which see. Appears on maps of the Revolutionary period and on the Price map, 1808, as one of the northernmost fords over the river.

Island Fort

community in S Rutherford County served by post office, 1827-1907.

Island Swamp

rises in E Pitt County and flows NE into Chicod Creek.

Isle Hatton

island in Pamlico Sound that cannot now be identified; appears on the Smith map, 1624.

Isothermal Belt

See Thermal Belt.

Ita

community in N Nash County.