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Place Description
Warsaw

town in W Duplin County. Alt. 160. Settled about 1825. Inc. 1855. Early known as Mooresville. Renamed by the conductor of the first train to run through what was then a crossroads community because he was reading a popular novel, Thaddeus of Warsaw by Jane Porter (1776-1850).

Warsaw Township

W central Duplin County.

Warwick Bay

a natural lake in E Robeson County. One of the Carolina Bays, which see. Approx. 1¾' mi. long and 1 mi. wide. Drained from the SE by Peter Swamp. Known also as Lennon's Marsh and Lennon's Mill Pond. Now a privately owned wildfowl refuge with ducks, egrets, and cranes.

Warwick County

On December 4, 1771, in the General Assembly, a bill for establishing the N part of Orange County as Warwick County and St. Stephens Parish was read for the second time and rejected.

Warwick Creek

rises on the Chowan-Gates county line and flows SW through Welsh Pond, where it joins Trotman Creek in forming Catherine Creek. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. A brick house, still standing, built on the creek in 1746 was an early trading center.

Warwick Mill Pond

E Robeson County on Jacob Swamp. Covers 10 acres; max. depth 10 ft.

Wash Creek

rises in central Henderson County and flows SE into Mud Creek.

Wash Hollow

S Haywood County on Sam Branch.

Wash Ridge

W Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a short spur extending SE from Shanty Mountain; center near lat. 35°37'07" N., long. 83°08'15" W.

Wash Woods

community and former Life Saving Station 4 mi. S of the Virginia line on Currituck Banks, NE Currituck County. Named for hundreds of old stumps there, exposed at low tide. A post office operated there, 1907-17, named Deals.