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Place Description
Nalls

community in W Montgomery County served by post office, 1884-1902.
Namonda

See Table Rock Mountain.
Nance

community in NE Rockingham County served by post office, 1884-1910.
Nancy Hawkins Branch

rises in NE Cherokee County and flows NW into Graybeard Creek. Named for an Indian woman.
Nancy Mountain

S Transylvania County between the headwaters of Toxaway Creek and Shoal Creek. Alt. 3,013.
Nancys Mountain

S Randolph County between Kies Mountain and Little River.
Nane Branch

rises in central Clay County and flows NW into Cold Branch.
Nanito

See Shingle Hollow.
Nanny Mountain

SE Buncombe County near the Rutherford County line.
Nansemond Indian Town

appears on the Moseley map, 1733, near the forks of Nottoway River and Blackwater River where they form the Chowan River. The site is now in NE Hertford County.