rises in W Swain County on Welch Ridge and flows NW into Hazel Creek.

community in SE Hoke County served by post office, 1826-96.

rises in N Carteret County and flows approx. 1 mi. SW into Adams Creek on the Craven County line. Perhaps named for the fish, amiatus calva, a dogfish sometimes also known as huss.

former inlet between Topsail Sound and Atlantic Ocean, SE Pender County. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733; closed soon after 1775.

N Haywood County between Big Creek and Pigeon River.

SE Beaufort County on the W side of South Creek.

community in NW Buncombe County near the junction of Clark Branch and Sandy Mush Creek. Took its name from the creek.

on Newfound Mountain at the junction of Buncombe, Haywood, and Madison county lines. Alt. 5,152. Took its name from the nearby creek.

rises near Wade Gap in NW Buncombe County and flows NE into French Broad River, forming a part of the Buncombe-Madison county line. Named by an early hunting party when sand from the creek water got into the mush they were cooking for supper.

W Buncombe County.