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"The North Carolina Gazetteer is a geographical dictionary in which an attempt has been made to list all of the geographic features of the state in one alphabet. It is current, and it is historical as well. Many features and places that no longer exist are included; many towns and counties for which plans were made but which never materialized are also included. Some names appearing on old maps may have been imaginary, but many of them also appear in this gazetteer.

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--From The North Carolina Gazetteer, 1st edition, preface by William S. Powell

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Place Description
Little Rock Creek Township

NE Mitchell County.
Little Rock Knob

on the Mitchell County, N.C.-Carter County, Tenn., line. Alt. approx. 4,920.
Little Rockfish Creek

rises in Fort Bragg Military Reservation on the Cumberland-Hoke county line and flows SE along the line to Lake William, where it enters W Cumberland County and flows SE to enter Rockfish Creek at town of Hope Mills.
Little Rockhouse Creek

rises in central Rockingham County and flows N and W into Dan River. Also known as Roach's Creek, which see.
Little Rocky Creek

See Olin Creek.
Little Rocky Face

a peak in E Haywood County between the head of Garden Creek and the head of Harley Branch.
Little Rocky Knob

N Buncombe County NE of Razor Mountain.
Little Rocky Mountain

E Macon County on a tributary of Little Salt Rock Creek.
Little Rose Creek

rises in SE Mitchell County and flows NW into Rose Creek.
Little Ruin Creek

rises in W Vance County and flows SE into Ruin Creek. Appears on Collet map, 1770.