community in NW Ashe County. Alt. approx. 3,700.

community in NW Halifax County near Roanoke River and S of the site of the old town of Gaston, which see. The town of South Gaston, which see, was chartered in 1895, but the charter was repealed in 1907. Alt. 224.

projection from S Bodie Island into Roanoke Sound, E Dare County approx. ½ mi. N of Cedar Island.

(also called Isothermal Belt), verdant zone largely in Polk and Rutherford Counties—though to a lesser extent also in Caldwell, Mitchell, and other mountain counties—in which on certain cool nights, the temperature may be 20° or more higher on the slope of a mountain than at the base. In these areas, fruit growing is a successful undertaking, and at Tryon (Polk County) the thermal belt has contributed to resort prosperity. The thermal belt was first described by Silas McDowell in 1858.

community in N Rutherford County on Second Broad River. A post office est. there in 1888 was named Pescud; name changed to Thermal City for the Thermal Belt, which see, in 1891. Post office discontinued 1926.

W Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Balsam Mountain near lat. 35°41'39" N., long. 83°13'34" W. Alt. 6,120. Formerly known as Thermometer Knob.

community in NE Madison County served by post office, 1886-1900.

rises in NE Swain County and flows SW into Right Fork [Raven Fork].

rises in E Haywood County and flows S into Pigeon River.

rises in E Alexander County and flows SE across Iredell County and into Rowan County, where it enters Fourth Creek. It is the third creek in a series of creeks crossed by early settlers moving W from Salisbury. Appears on the Collet map, 1770.