community in N Lenoir County on the stream of the same name. The Croom family operated a store there early in the nineteenth century, and it was the site of a free public school in 1840.

rises in NE Sampson County and flows NE into W Wayne County, where it enters Beaverdam Creek. See also Thoroughfare Swamp.

rises in E Richmond County and flows W into Hitchcock Creek.

rises in SW Greene County and flows SE across Lenoir County into Neuse River. Appears in local records as early as 1730-35.

rises in NW Catawba County and flows NE into Catawba River.

central Lenoir County.

SW Watauga County on the head of Watauga River.

rises in W Haywood County, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, near lat. 35°36'56" N., long. 83°10'40" W. Flows NE to join Beech Creek in forming Palmer Creek. Named when an overhanging rock cliff on a stream where hunters, fishermen, and others camped fell after being heated by a big campfire. One person was killed and others were injured.

See Deep Creek.

rises in S Yancey County and flows W into Cane River.