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White Hallcommunity in central Cabarrus County.
White Hall Landingin SE Bladen County on the Cape Fear River. An important early trading center.
White Hillcommunity in SW Lee County at the Moore County line. Took its name from a Presbyterian church there on a small knoll of very white sand. A former post office there, 1887-1906, was known as Villanow. The community has also been known as Caviness Crossroads.
White Horse Branchrises in S Lee County and flows S into Little River.
White Housecommunity in SW Randolph County served by post office, 1849-1908.
White Hurricane Knobon the Buncombe-Yancey county line SE of Cane River Gap. Appears on recent State Highway Commission maps as Mahogany Knob.
White Lakea natural lake in E central Bladen County. Covers 1,068 acres; max. depth 10½ ft. Appears as Granston Lake on the Collet map, 1770; later known as Bartrams Lake for William Bartram, who owned adjacent property and operated a gristmill near the lake. Apparently appears first as White Lake on the Shaffer township map of 1886; named for its white, sandy bottom and clear water. It first attracted outside interest about 1922 after roads made it accessible. Boating, fishing, and swimming. See also Carolina Bays.
White Laketown in E central Bladen County. Originally chartered in 1923; repealed in 1925. Chartered again in 1951.
White Mans Glory Creekrises in N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Welch Ridge and flows SE into Forney Creek.
White Marshstream in the lower course of Red Hill Swamp after it is joined by Western Prong, N Columbus County. It flows SE into Waccamaw River. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733, as Great White Marsh in the vicinity of Waccamaw River. See also Brown Meadow.