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Place Description
Aycock Swamp

rises in N Wayne County and flows NE into Wilson County, where it enters Turners Swamp.
Aycocks Pond

SW Warren County on Lees Branch.
Ayden

town in S Pitt County. Inc. 1891. Name changed to Harriston in 1895 but changed back to Ayden in 1899. Alt. 64. Produces canned foods.
Ayden Branch

rises in N Swain County and flows S into Beech Flats Prong.
Ayden Township

SW Pitt County.
Aydlett

community on the W shore of Currituck Sound in central Currituck County. Probably named for first postmaster around 1909.
Ayersville

community in NE Stokes County served by post office, 1833-1915. Named for first postmaster, James Ayers.
Ayles Creek

rises in E Yancey County and flows NE into Little Crabtree Creek.
Ayr

former community in W Rutherford County near Lake Lure. Site of a pre-Civil War tannery that made saddles for the Confederate army during the war. A Scotsman, Francis Reynolds, operated the tannery and named the community for his native town. Post office est. there 1880, closed 1911.
Azalea

community in central Buncombe County, E of Asheville. Known as Gudger's Ford until renamed for the flowering shrub. Alt. 2,052.