Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Winter Star Ridge |
S Yancey County between South Fork Cattail Creek and North Fork Cattail Creek. |
| Winterville |
town in S Pitt County. Inc. 1897. Alt. 72. |
| Winterville Township |
S central Pitt County; formerly Contentnea Township. |
| Winthrop |
community in NE Carteret County served by post office, 1888-1908. |
| Winton |
town and county seat, E Hertford County on Chowan River. Authorized to be laid out and est. 1768 on the land of Benjamin Wynns, for whom it was named. Appears as Wynnton in eighteenth-century records and as recently as on the Tanner map, 1827. Produces aluminum castings. Alt. 45. |
| Winton Township |
E Hertford County. |
| Wiquemans |
See Perquimans River. |
| Wis's Creek |
See Long Creek. |
| Wisaoky |
See Waxhaws, The. |
| Wise |
community in N Warren County between Malones Creek and Sauls Creek. Alt. 392. Settled in 1890s and named for Henry Wise, local resident. A post office was est. there in 1891 but was discontinued in 1951. |