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| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Old Sparta | town in S Edgecombe County on Tar River. Inc. as Sparta, 1876, and reincorporated as Old Sparta, 1903. No longer active in municipal affairs. Post office est. 1829; probably came to be called Old Sparta after Sparta, county seat of Alleghany County, est. 1859, began to thrive. |
| Old Stanhope | See Spring Hope. |
| Old Station Gap | central Madison County between Brush Creek and Walnut Creek. |
| Old Topsail Creek | rises in S Pender County and flows S into Topsail Sound. |
| Old Topsail Inlet | S Pender County, through which waters of Topsail Sound enter the Atlantic Ocean. It lies between New Topsail Inlet on the N and Rich Inlet on the s. |
| Old Topsail Inlet | See Beaufort Inlet. |
| Old Town | community in central Forsyth County. Settled 1753 by first Moravians to arrive at the Wachovia tract from Pennsylvania. First named Bethabara, or House of Passage, since it was intended to be a temporary settlement. After 1766, when Salem was begun, Bethabara declined. The post office, est. 1832, ceased to be called Bethabara in 1835 and was changed to Old Town. |
| Old Town Creek | See Town Creek. |
| Old Town Township | W central Forsyth County. |
| Old Trap | community in S Camden County, was probably settled as early as the 1650s. In the eighteenth century, it was the center of much maritime activity, and a grog shop there supplied the local trade with West India rum. Tradition says that men carrying grain to a local windmill tarried long at the grog shop—it "trapped" them. By the end of the Revolution, the name The Trap was being used, and after 1800 Old Trap came into use. |