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Place Description
Mouse Harbor

bay on the E side of Goose Creek Island, NE Pamlico County in the waters of Pamlico Sound. The shape of the bay on a map vaguely suggests the shape of a mouse.
Mouse Knob

SW Graham County on Snowbird Creek. The name is a translation of the Indian name.
Mouse Mountain

N Macon County between Rickman Creek and Bradley Creek.
Mowfield

community in W Northampton County. Sir Archie, famed thoroughbred, is buried on plantation there.
Moxley

community in N Wilkes County on Middle Prong Roaring River.
Moyes Run

rises in E Pitt County and flows SE into Broad Run.
Moyock

community in NW Currituck County. Name appears in local records as early as 1753. Alt. 5. Rev. Thomas Coke in 1785 recorded that he visited and preached at "Mowyock."
Moyock Creek

See Shingle Landing Creek.
Moyock Township

NW Currituck County.
Moyton

See Stantonsburg.