Morris Knob | S Wilkes County at the SW end of Gill Mountain. |
Morris Landing | community in SW Onslow County on Stump Sound. |
Morris Mountain | N Montgomery County between Bundle Mountain and Barnes Creek. |
Morris Pond | on Juniper Creek, SE Lee County. Formed about 1865. Covers 25 acres; max. depth 8 ft. Formerly a millpond, now used for fishing, swimming, and boating. |
Morris Run | rises in SW Beaufort County and flows NW into Chocowinity Creek. |
Morrison | former community in W Iredell County on Fourth Creek near the present community of Loray. William Morrison (1704-71) settled there in 1750 and by 1752 was operating a gristmill. In an Indian attack, all buildings were burned except the mill, which was saved owing to an Indian superstition that evil would befall them if they burned a mill. Appears on the Collet map, 1770, and as Morrisons Mill as recently as 1901 on a map of the county. A cemetery with eighteenth-century tombstones marks the site. |
Morrison | community in S Richmond County. |
Morrison Creek | rises in W Iredell County and flows E into Fourth Creek. Formerly known as Middle Fourth Creek. |
Morrison's Tan Yard | community in SE Mecklenburg County served by post office, 1820-71. |
Morristown | See Asheville. |