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Place Description
Ether

community in NE Montgomery County. Known as Freeman's Cross Roads prior to the establishment of a post office there in 1888, when it was named by Dr. F. E. Asbury, local physician.
Etheridge Creek

rises in SE Halifax County and flows SE on the Halifax-Edgecombe county line into Etheridge Swamp.
Etheridge Swamp

receives the waters of Etheridge Creek on the Halifax-Edgecombe county line and flows SE into Conoho Creek in Martin County.
Etheridge's Branch

rises in NW Wilson County and flows S and SE into Contentnea Creek.
Ethram Boney Bay

a large sandy loam marsh in S Duplin County.
Etna

community in N Macon County on Lakey Creek.
Etowah

community in W Henderson County. Alt. 2,101. The name comes from the Cherokee word I'tawa or Et-toh-wah, an unidentified kind of tree.
Eubanks

community in S Orange County.
Euchulla Cove

W Swain County between Wiggins Creek and Nantahala River.
Eufola

community in W Iredell County on Southern Railway. Alt. 788. Prior to 1903 known as Deep Cut; the railroad station was Plotts. May have been named for the Eufaula or Yufala Indian tribe in Georgia.