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Place Description
Wootentown

community in central Beaufort County 1 mi. E of Washington Park. Alt. 14. Misspelled Hootentown frequently because that is the way the name is pronounced locally. An African American community on land originally owned by Harkness Wooten, a free black in the antebellum period. Many inhabitants are descended from him.

Wootonton

See Fair Bluff.

Worcester Inlet

See Trinity Harbor.

Worlds Edge

high bluff S of Chinquapin Gap, NW Polk County. Views to E extend 40 mi. to Forest City. Property, adjacent to Chimney Rock State Park tract, under conservation easement.

Worley

community in S Madison County on Big Pine Creek.

Worley Branch

rises in E Swain County and flows SE into Galbreath Creek.

Worley Cove

NW Buncombe County near the Madison County line.

Worley Cove Branch

rises in S Madison County and flows SE into Sandy Mush Creek. The name Red Horse Creek is also applied to the stream.

Worley Knob

E Swain County on the head of Worley Branch.

Worm Creek

rises in NE Cherokee County and flows SW and NW into Valley River.