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Place Description
New Hope

community in S Franklin County.
New Hope Creek

rises in central Orange County and flows E into W Durham County. There it turns SE and flows into Chatham County, where it becomes New Hope River, which see. Appears as New River on the Moseley map, 1733, but by 1770 (Collet map) appears as New-hope Creek.
New Hope Lake

See Jordan Lake.
New Hope River

the name applied to New Hope Creek in E Chatham County from the mouth of Whiteoak Creek to its confluence with Haw River, a distance of approx. 8 mi. See also New Hope Creek.
New Hope Township

E Chatham County.
New House

community in W Cleveland County.
New Inlet

from the Atlantic Ocean into Pamlico Sound S of Pea Island, SE Dare County. It opened probably in the late 1720s and has closed periodically, the most recent closing being in the 1930s. Also known as Chickinacommock and as such appears on the Moll map, 1729.
New Institute

See Olin.
New Lake

See Alligator Lake.
New Lake Fork

flows SE from the S shore of Alligator Lake in N Hyde County and along the Hyde-Tyrrell county line to empty into Alligator River. N section also known as Squyars Canal.