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Morris KnobS Wilkes County at the SW end of Gill Mountain.
Morris Landingcommunity in SW Onslow County on Stump Sound.
Morris MountainN Montgomery County between Bundle Mountain and Barnes Creek.
Morris Pondon 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 Runrises in SW Beaufort County and flows NW into Chocowinity Creek.
Morrisonformer 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.
Morrisoncommunity in S Richmond County.
Morrison Creekrises in W Iredell County and flows E into Fourth Creek. Formerly known as Middle Fourth Creek.
Morrison's Tan Yardcommunity in SE Mecklenburg County served by post office, 1820-71.
MorristownSee Asheville.