community in N Wake County on the head of Mud Creek; formerly known as Purnell Crossroads.

See Purnell.

rises in E New Hanover County and flows E into Masonboro Sound.

community in W Robeson County.

community in S Person County near Aldridge Creek.

community in N Moore County. Called Johnson City for Harvell Johnson, local resident, until renamed for Israel Putnam (1718-
90), Revolutionary War general, leader, and ancestor of local residents. Alt. 442.

rises in E Rutherford County and flows SW into Second Broad River. Quicksand in the creek made it a "puzzle" to early settlers who wondered whether their horses could cross it.

rises in SW Avery County and flows E into North Toe River.

community in central Avery County.

appears on the Smith map, 1624, in Pamlico Sound, but the feature for which this name is intended is uncertain.