community in S Graham County on Little Snowbird Creek.

town in NE Lincoln County. Inc. 1877. Settled about 1770 and known as Dry Pond for an adjacent swampy area; in 1873 it was renamed by D. Matt Thompson, school principal, for the capital of Colorado, then being considered for admission to the Union.

community in NE Onslow County. Named for Nelson R. Deppe of Pennsylvania, who est. a lumber mill at the site.

community in NE Richmond County.

See Durham Creek.

community in central Mecklenburg County. Named for Derita Lewis, a friend of Amos L. Rumple, first postmaster when post office was est. in 1882. Alt. 812.

rises in Angola Bay, N Pender County, and flows SW into Northeast Cape Fear River. Named for the DeRossett family, early settlers.

community in E Lincoln County served by post office, 1883-1904.

rises in NE Cherokee County and flows NW into Puett Creek.

NE Cherokee County in the Valley River Mountains.