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Place Description
Marsh Bay

a loam-filled bay in S Columbus County.
Marsh Branch

rises in central Duplin County and flows E into Grove Creek.
Marsh Creek

rises in central Wake County and flows SE into Crabtree Creek.
Marsh Island

a peninsula extending from the S mainland of Hyde County into Pamlico Sound between Swanquarter Bay and Juniper Bay. See also Abigails Islands.
Marsh Point

extends from the S mainland of Hyde County into Rose Bay.
Marsh Swamp

rises in N Halifax County and flows SE into Beech Swamp. Appears as Elk Marsh on the Collet map, 1770, and with its present name on the Price map, 1808.
Marsh Township

SW Surry County.
Marshall

town and county seat, S Madison County on French Broad River. Authorized to be est. 1852; site still in dispute, 1855. Inc. 1863 and named for John Marshall (1755-1835), chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Alt. 1,650. Post office est. there 1857, before the establishment of the county seat, was named Lapland. For a period before Marshall was laid, Jewel Hill (or Duel Hill), at present-day Walnut, was the seat of government. County court was held at Jewel Hill as late as the fall of 1859.
Marshall Ridge

extends SE from Turkey Knob to Clear Creek in N Henderson County.
Marshall Tavern

See Ridgeway.