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Place Description
Dutchman Creek

rises in S central Wake County and flows NE into Swift Creek.

Dutchman Creek

rises in SE Brunswick County and flows SE into the Cape Fear River.

Dutchman Mountain

peak in W Randolph County.

Dutchman Ridge

mountain peak on the Buncombe-McDowell county line.

Dutchmans Creek

rises in W Montgomery County and flows SW into Island Creek.

Dutchmans Creek

approx. 30 mi. long, rises in S Yadkin County and flows S into NE Iredell County and then SE across Davie County into Yadkin River near the Horseshoe. Appears on the Collet map, 1770.

Dutchmans Creek

is formed in NE Gaston County by the junction of Leepers Creek and Killians Creek and flows SE into Catawba River.

Dutchville Township

SW Granville County. A nineteenth-century post office in the SW part of the county was called Dutchville, and in 1790 there was a Dutch District that had 76 heads of families reported in the census for that year.

Dwight

community in W Perquimans County served by post office, 1892-1904.

Dyeleaf Creek

rises on the S side of Spring Mountain in NE Buncombe County and flows W through Laughter Cove into Cane Creek. Named for Sweet Leaf or Horse-sugar (Symplocos tinctoria), the leaves and bark of which yield a yellow dye.