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Place Description
Negro Hammocks

formerly two islands in S Hyde County in Pamlico Sound NE of Ocracoke Island, but now submerged. Known by the name as early as 1795. One of the islands was above water as late as 1910 and was called Negro Island.
Negro Island

See Negro Hammocks.
Negro Prong

rises in W Transylvania County and flows NE into Catheys Creek.
Negrohead

community in E Union County served by post office, 1888-1903.
Neil Gap

in N central Transylvania County on the head of Lamb Creek.
Neills Creek

rises in S Wake County and flows SW in N Harnett County into Cape Fear River. Named for Red Neill McNeill, who settled along its banks in 1740.
Neills Creek Township

central Harnett County.
Nella

See Husk.
Nellie

former community in W Haywood County on Cataloochee Creek near the mouth of Palmer Creek near lat. 35°37'40" N., long. 83°06'10" W. Settled about 1848. Named for Nellie Palmer, who in 1907, at the age of one, won first prize in a baby contest. Site now is in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and is abandoned.
Nellie Ridge

W Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a short spur of Big Fork Ridge near lat. 35°37'10" N., long. 83°06'50" W. Named for nearby community of Nellie.