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Windy Pointon the N side of Pettivers Creek at its junction with White Oak River.
Wine Spring BaldW Macon County between Middle Ridge and Rocky Bald. Alt. 5,445.
Wine Spring Creekrises on McDonald Ridge, W Macon County, and flows NW into Nantahala Lake.
Wines Toppeak at SW end of Glade Mountain in E Haywood County. Alt. approx. 4,375.
Winfalltown in central Perquimans County. Inc. 1887. Alt. 16.
Winfrey Gapon the Cherokee-Clay county line. Alt. 3,493.
Wingcommunity in W central Mitchell County on Snow Creek. Named for Charles Hallet Wing (1836-1915), professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who settled nearby and in 1887 opened a lending library of about 15,000 volumes. It was the first free public library in the state and the third county library in the United States. See also Ledger.
Wingatetown in E central Union County; post office, 1896. Formerly known as Ames. Inc. 1901 as Wingate. Home of Wingate University. Produces wood products. Alt. 575.
Winkler Creekrises in S Watauga County and flows NE into Flannery Fork [South Fork New River].
Winklertowncommunity in NE Caldwell County on Donahues Creek.