NW Jackson County on Shoal Creek.

See Wootentown.

SW Mitchell County parallel to Roaring Branch.

E Wilkes County on Little Elkin River. Grain and sawmill operated there by the Hoots family.

community in W Randolph County. A post office operated there, 1849-1907. In the early twentieth century, a prosperous gold mine was operated there. Ancestors of President Herbert Hoover are buried in the vicinity.

SE Yancey County between the SW end of Dovers Ridge and Sevenmile Ridge.

rises in NW Catawba County and flows SE into Jacob Fork.

SW Madison County, a peak on Spring Creek Mountain. Alt. 4,072.

See Trinity.

town in SW Cumberland County. Active antebellum textile center. Known as Rockfish before the Civil War. Inc. as Hope Mills, 1891, when new mills were built. Alt. 117.