community in W central Union County. Inc. 1998.

rises in S Buncombe County and flows SE into Bent Creek.

rises in E Cherokee County and flows NW into Valley River.

on Haywood-Jackson county line. Alt. 5,600. Named for David Wesner of Cabarrus County, who obtained a grant for 100 acres in the vicinity in 1808. Wesner froze to death while hunting deer about 1812 on the mountain that now bears his name.

community in SW Swain County near Nantahala Gorge. Alt. 1,714. Named for the nearby Wesser Creek.

N Macon County at head of Tellico Creek. Alt. 4,800.

rises in N Macon County and flows NW into Swain County, where it enters Nantahala River. Named for a hunter who lived on its banks.

SE Swain County on the head of Connelly Creek.

See Alliance.

former town in central Buncombe County on the W side of the French Broad River. Inc. 1889; became a part of Asheville, 1897.