SW Duplin County.

extends along NW Burke County. Alt. 2,600.

a spur of Big Yellow Mountain in W Avery County. Named for Rose family. Also called Hurricane Ridge.

town in W Sampson County. Inc. 1891 and named for George McNeil Rose (1846-1924), chief counsel of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad. Alt. 137. Owensville (Owenville post office), est. prior to 1839 on Little Coharie Creek a short distance W of the site of Roseboro, declined with the growth of Roseboro.

community in SE Avery County.

community in SE Stokes County.

community in NE Pasquotank County. Settled prior to 1890.

community in SW Moore County. Est. around 1896 as a rival resort to Southern Pines and Pinehurst. At one time there were a number of homes there, as well as a hotel, lake, stores, and a weekly newspaper, but now it is only a rural community.

See Rockett.

former community in N Halifax County, now within the limits of Roanoke Rapids. Served by post office, 1902-32.