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Place Description
North Shores

community on Pamlico River, W Beaufort County.
North Slope Ridge

N Transylvania County extends E between Joel Branch and Davidson River.
North Stinking Quarter Creek

rises in SE Guilford County and flows NE into Alamance County, where it enters Stinking Quarter Creek, which see.
North Toe River

rises in N Avery County and flows s, e, and S again across Avery into Mitchell County. It flows SW across Mitchell to the Mitchell-Yancey county line, where it joins South Toe River in forming Toe River. The last native elk shot in North Carolina is said to have been killed alongside North Toe River in 1781.
North Turkey Creek

rises in SW Buncombe County near Newfound Mountain and flows NE to join South Turkey Creek in forming Turkey Creek.
North Whitakers Township

NE Nash County.
North Wilkesboro

town in S central Wilkes County on Yadkin River. Alt. 1,016. Inc. 1891 and named for the county seat, Wilkesboro, across the Yadkin River to the s. The site was described as Mulberry Fields, a former Cherokee Indian area, in a report of Moravian surveyors in 1752. Appears as Mulberry Fields on the Collet map, 1770. Produces furniture, mirrors, textiles, apparel, hosiery, processed poultry, and dairy products.
North Wilkesboro Township

central Wilkes County.
Northampton County

was formed in 1741 from Bertie County. Located in the NE section of the state, it is bounded by the state of Virginia and by Hertford, Bertie, Halifax, and Warren Counties. It was named for James Compton, Earl of Northampton (1687-1754). Area: 544 sq. mi. County seat: Jackson, with an elevation of 131 ft. Townships are Gaston, Jackson, Kirby, Oconeechee, Pleasant Hill, Rich Square, Roanoke, Seaboard, and Wiccacanee. Produces peanuts, corn, soybeans, chemicals, sorghum, cotton, hogs, livestock, lumber, apparel, sand, and gravel.
Northampton Court House

See Jackson.