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Place Description
Fall Creek

rises in N Yadkin County and flows NW into Yadkin River.

Fall Creek

rises in E Mitchell County and flows S into Little Rock Creek.

Fall Creek

rises in E Lee County and flows NE into Cape Fear River.

Fall Creek

rises in E Haywood County and flows SW into Crabtree Creek.

Fall Creek Township

NE Yadkin County.

Fall Line

the dividing line between Coastal Plain and Piedmont North Carolina where the soft sedimentary soils of the Coastal Plain meet the hard rocks of the Piedmont. It often is marked in streams by falls and rapids. The fall line runs W of Wilson and E of Sanford in an irregular progression N and s.

Fall Ridge

S Watauga County, extends S in Watauga Township and causes a bend in Boone Fork.

Fallcliff

community in W Jackson County on Cullowhee Creek.

Falling Branch

rises in N Franklin County and flows SW into Tooles Creek.

Falling Creek

See Thoroughfare Swamp.