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Place Description
Downes Branch

rises in central Macon County and flows N into Burningtown Creek.
Downing Creek

rises in central Clay County and flows SE through Holden Cove into Hiwassee River.
Downingville

community in NW Bladen County served by post office, 1857-1913.
Downs Mountain

S Macon County between Mulberry Creek and Norton Branch.
Downsville

community in E Caldwell County. Named for Downs family, two members of which were postmasters there following the Civil War.
Dowry Island

about ¼ mi. long in Chowan River on the Gates-Hertford county line.
Dowtins Creek

See Duncans Creek.
Draco

community in E Caldwell County on the headwaters of Middle Little River. Served by post office, 1888-1915.
Drain, The

See Barden Inlet.
Drain, The

a cove on the W shore of Hatteras Island in the waters of Pamlico Sound, S Dare County N of the site of the former Little Kinnakeet Coast Guard Station.