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Place Description
Western Prong Township

N Columbus County.
Westfield

community in NE Surry County. Grew up around a Quaker mission est. there in 1760 and known first as Tom's Creek. Renamed for the fact that it was a W missionary field for the New Garden [Guilford County] Quakers. Served by post office since 1834.
Westfield Township

NE Surry County.
Westminster

community in W Guilford County served by post office, 1843-1904.
Westmouth Bay

between Browns and Harkers Island in The Straits, SE Carteret County.
Weston Knob

S Buncombe County S of Merrill Mountain.
Westover

community in W central Wake County; formerly the site of Thompson, a railroad station. Settled 1917 and named for Westover, Md. Alt. 325.
Westry

town in E central Nash County. Settled about 1880; inc. 1909. Named for an early settler. Alt. 125.
Wests Branch

rises in N Macon County and flows S into Matlock Creek.
Wests Cove

on a tributary of Cowee Creek in N Macon County.