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Place Description
Indian Spring Branch

rises in SW Buncombe County near the Haywood County line and flows W into South Hominy Creek.
Indian Springs

community in S Wayne County near a tributary of Smith Millpond. The site was settled as early as 1829 and named for local springs traditionally used by Saponi Indians.
Indian Springs Township

SE Wayne County. First listed on county tax records in 1838.
Indian Swamp

rises in S Robeson County and flows S into Ashpole Swamp.
Indian Top

central Cherokee County between West Prong Grape Creek and Rose Creek.
Indian Town Creek

See Dillard Creek.
Indian Trading Path

See Trading Path.
Indian Trail

town in W Union County. Inc. 1907. Located between heads of North Fork Crooked Creek and South Fork Crooked Creek. Alt. 697.
Indian Well Swamp

rises in S Pitt County and flows SE into Clayroot Swamp.
Indian Wells

indicated on the Price map, 1808, and the MacRae map, 1833, as four wells on Cape Fear River in SE Bladen County. Possibly these were natural artesian wells, common to the area.