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Kilkenney
Yes, there's a little corner of
Ireland right here in the southern part of Tyrrell County! Early settlers,
many of Irish descent, named the area Kilkenney, supposedly in honor
of Ireland's Kilkenney Flats. |
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Gum
Neck
This skinny "neck" of
land covered by gum trees inspired the name for this community. Early
settlers were mostly Scots. |
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Frying Pan
Another case of geography–inspired names, this community along a
somewhat rounded lake, with its panhandle-shaped outlet to the Alligator
River is often just called "the Pan". |
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Alligator
The Alligator is North Carolina's northernmost river inhabited by
alligators. The inhabitants of the Alligator community, situated alongside
the river, are predominately of English descent. |
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Riverneck
The Riverneck community was so named because of its position along the
neck or head of the Scuppernong River. |
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Soundside
Along the south side of the Albemarle Sound, this spawling community
extends to Hidden Lake, where it becomes Alligator community. |
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Scuppernong
The area's Native Americans named the river and this community along its
banks and later settlers adopted the name for both. One legend also
connects the name with the phrase "Winding Spoon", thought to
refer to the river's winding path and narrowing width as it approaches the
town of Creswell in neighboring Washington County. Another notes it as "the place of the green bay tree",
because of the many bay trees growing there. |
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Old
Bay Post Office
The site is located in the Scuppernong
community and was named for the profusion of Bay Trees in this particular
area. |
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Creeks
Riders Creek plows through this community named for that
body of water. |
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