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Place Description
Neuse River Township

central Wake County.
Neuse Township

central Lenoir County.
Neuseoco Lake

E central Wake County on Beaverdam Creek. Covers 75 acres and has a max. depth of 20 ft. Owned by a club and used for recreation.
Never Mountain

an almost perfect cone, W Alexander County.
Neverson

community in NW Wilson County. Named for Neverson Williams. Post office, 1908-11.
Nevil Creek

rises in central Beaufort County and flows N into Pamlico River. Appears as Turners Creek on the Collet map, 1770, but the MacRae map, 1833, calls it Nevil Creek.
Neville Creek

rises in N Chatham County and flows N into Orange County, where it enters University Lake.
Nevin

community in Mecklenburg County served by post office, 1891-1902.
New Began Creek

See New Begun Creek.
New Begun Creek

rises in S Pasquotank County and flows SE into Pasquotank River. Mentioned in records of the area as early as 1660. The name Newbiggin is a common place name in the N of England, but in this case it may represent an attempt to spell in English the Indian name. Appears as New Began Creek on the Collet map, 1770, and as New Beggin Creek on the Price map, 1808, and the MacRae map, 1833. See also Weeksville.