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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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Place Description
Jump and Run Branch

rises in central Duplin County and flows SW into Northeast Cape Fear River.
Jump Cove

N Buncombe County E of Iron Ore Ridge.
Jump Off, The

See Mount Kephart.
Jump Run

a tidal inlet near the mouth of Middens Creek E of the community of Smyrna in E Carteret County.
Jump-up, The

peak on the Graham-Swain county line between Grassy Top and Swim Bald.
Jumping Branch

rises in N Transylvania County and flows SE into South Fork Mills River.
Jumping Creek

rises in E Jones County and flows S into Trent River.
Jumping Off Place

peak in NW Wilkes County W of Middle Fork Reddies River. It is the steepest portion of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the county.
Jumping Run

rises in SW Johnston County and flows NE into Mill Creek.
Jumping Run Creek

rises in central Alexander County and flows SW into Glade Creek. Name appears in local records as early as 1790.