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Smith Creekrises in W Warren County and flows NE into Mecklenburg County, Va., where it enters Roanoke River. Shown on the Moseley map, 1733, as Great Creek but appears by the present name on the Price map, 1808.
Smith Creek TownshipNW Warren County.
Smith GapE Haywood County between Big Branch and Crabtree Creek.
Smith Grovecommunity in central Davie County approx. 6 mi. NE of town of Mocksville. Named for a Methodist campground est. there in 1826. Post office est. 1834. Alt. 824.
Smith IslandSE Brunswick County at the mouth of Cape Fear River and bounded on the N by Corncake Inlet. Also known as Bald Head Island. The SE tip is Cape Fear, and the SW portion is known as Bald Head because of its round, sandy surface. The island is approx. 17,000 acres in area and contains palmetto trees and other interesting vegetation and wildlife. Named for Landgrave Thomas Smith, who acquired it in 1690. Appears as Landgrave Thomas Smith's Island on the Moseley map, 1733, on which the present Bald Head is marked Barren Head. The Collet map, 1770, shows only "Bald Head." When Thomas Smith willed the island to his four sons in 1738, he said that its old name was Cedar Island. Scene of World War II training as auxiliary site of Camp Davis. Island developed in 1974. Access by ferry; no state-maintained roads or motorized traffic.
Smith Mill Creekrises in central Buncombe County near Deaver View Mountain and flows W through the city of Asheville into French Broad River.
Smith MillpondS Wayne County on Sleepy Creek.
Smith MountainE Burke County. Alt. approx. 2,000.
Smith Riverrises in W Virginia and flows NE to a point approx. 3 mi. N of the North Carolina-Virginia state line, where it turns S and flows SE into N Rockingham County. It enters Dan River at Eden. Called Irvin River by William Byrd in 1728 and appears as Irvine River on the Moseley map, 1733. Named for Alexander Irvine, professor of mathematics at the College of William and Mary and a member of Byrd's survey party of the North Carolina-Virginia line. Over time came to be known as Smith River for hunters Gideon and Daniel Smith, who settled on the upper waters of the river. Appears as Smith River on the Price map, 1808.
Smith TownshipE central Duplin County.