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Place Description
Mount Prospect

See Waynesville.

Mount Regis

See Norlina.

Mount Sequoyah

in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the Swain County, N.C.-Sevier County, Tenn., line, lat. 35°40' N., long. 83°18'15" W. Alt. approx. 6,000. Named for Sequoyah (1770?-1843), Indian who devised a Cherokee alphabet used in teaching thousands to read and write.

Mount Squires

in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the Swain County, N.C.-Blount County, Tenn., line between McCampbell Knob and Rocky Top near lat. 35°33'47" N., long. 83°44'30" W. Alt. 5,042. Named for state senator Mark Squires (1878-1938), a leader in the movement to establish the park. Formerly known as Little Bald.

Mount Sterling

W Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near lat. 35°42'10" N., long. 83°07'20" W. Alt. 5,835. Said to have been named by a woodcutter and logger from the town of Sterling, Ky.

Mount Sterling Creek

rises in W Haywood County and flows NE into Pigeon River.

Mount Sterling Gap

W Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near lat. 35°42' N., long. 83°05'59" W. Alt. 3,887.

Mount Sterling Ridge

W Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park from Balsam Mountain extending NE from lat. 35°40'17" N., long. 83°10'55" W., forming the watershed between Big Creek and Cataloochee Creek.

Mount Tirzah

community in S Person County. Named in 1783 by Col. Stephen Moore, Revolutionary soldier. A post office operated there, 1795-1906.

Mount Tirzah Township

SE Person County.