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Place Description
Nikwasi

See Franklin.
Nile

community in N Alleghany County served by post office, 1898-1915.
Nimrod

community in SW Mecklenburg County served by post office, 1891-1902. Was on the W side of the Charlotte, Columbia, and Augusta Railroad. Site is now the Yorkmont area of Charlotte.
Nims

formerly a community in E Gaston County but now a part of the town of Mount Holly, which see.
Nin Ridge

NW Cherokee County in the Unicoi Mountains, is bounded on four sides by Bryson Lead, Groundhog Ridge, Copper Ridge, and Chestnut Orchard Ridge.
Nina

community in NE Cherokee County served by post office, 1880-1911.
Nine Mile Creek

See Ninemile Swamp.
Ninemile Swamp

rises in W Onslow County and flows SW into Duplin County, where its name becomes Nine Mile Creek and it enters Back Swamp. Named for its distance from Rich Lands Chapel, an early center of settlement.
Ninive

community in W Transylvania County.
Nit Top

on the Cherokee County, N.C.-Monroe County, Tenn., line in the Unicoi Mountains.