town in E Wake County on the head of Poplar Creek. Chartered in 1927 and named for its founder, H. H. Knight. Alt. 318.

community in W Halifax County.

rises in N Cleveland County and flows SW into First Broad River.

former township in NE Cleveland County, now township no. 10.

rises in E central Pasquotank County and flows SE into Pasquotank River at the N limits of Elizabeth City.

community in N Cleveland County on Knob Creek.

NW Yadkin County.

community in SE Macon County served by post office, 1886-1905.

a peninsula in N Currituck County approx. 5 by 3½ mi.; extends into North Carolina from Princess Anne County, Va. Knotts Island Channel on the E connects Currituck Sound with Back Bay (in Virginia); North Landing River on the W rises in Virginia and flows past Knott Island into Currituck Sound. Appears as Knot Isle on the Comberford map, 1657. Probably named for James Knott or a member of his family. Knott held land in S Virginia as early as 1642. See also Mackay Island.

a waterway between Knotts Island and Currituck Banks, NE Currituck County. The channel connects Currituck Sound in North Carolina with Back Bay in Virginia.