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| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Aman's Store | See Verona. |
| Amantha | community on Cover Creek in W Watauga County. Settled 1870. First known as McBrides Mill for Hiram McBride, first postmaster; post office by that name, 1869-87. Name later changed to honor Amantha Combs, local resident; post office by that name, 1887-1937. |
| Amboy | community in N Chowan County served by post office, 1880-1904. |
| Amelia | community in NW Alleghany County. |
| Ames Turnout | See Wingate. |
| Amherst | community in S central Caldwell County. Site of Amherst Academy in nineteenth century, named by Robert Logan Patton, principal, for Amherst College in Massachusetts, of which he was a graduate. |
| Amherst | See Roberson Store. |
| Amity Hill | community in S Iredell County. |
| Ammon | community in NW Bladen County. |
| Ammon Bottom | E Cherokee County between Elliott Branch and Piper Branch. |