NW Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Twentymile Ridge between the head of Fox Branch and Hamilton Hollow.

rises in NE Brunswick County and flows W into Columbus County, where it enters Dams Creek.

See Foxes Island.

NW Yadkin County at the NE end of the Brushy Mountains. Alt. 1,590. Also known as Star Peak.

central Polk County NE of Columbus. Alt. 1,500.

NW Iredell County. Named for Fox family, owners in twentieth century. Formerly known as Shumaker Mountain for early settlers. In the mid-twentieth century, "an authentic Western town" called Love Valley was constructed on the S side of the mountain.

central Harnett County in Cape Fear River NW of Lillington. Mentioned in Fulton's survey of North Carolina rivers in 1819 and appears on the MacRae map, 1833. A series of low falls or rapids there, known as Fox Island Falls, drop between 5 and 10 ft. over a distance of about a quarter of a mile.

W Madison County between Baltimore Branch and Spring Creek.

community in W Buncombe County served by post office, 1880-96.

rises in S Pender County and flows S into Topsail Sound.