North Carolina Gazetteer browse
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Mitchell Branch | rises in central Yancey County and flows SE into Little Crabtree Creek. |
| Mitchell County | was formed in 1861 from Yancey, Watauga, Caldwell, Burke, and McDowell Counties. Located in the W section of the state, it is bounded by the state of Tennessee and by Avery, McDowell, and Yancey Counties. It was named for Elisha Mitchell (1793-1857), professor at the University of North Carolina who was killed while exploring the peak that now bears his name—the highest point E of the Mississippi. Area: 220 sq. mi. County seat: Bakersville, with an elevation of 2,550 ft. Townships are Bakersville, Bradshaw, Cane Creek, Fork Mountain, Grassy Creek, Harrell, Little Rock Creek, Poplar, Red Hill, and Snow Creek. Produces tobacco, Christmas trees, apples, corn, hay, dairy products, livestock, textiles, apparel, hosiery, lumber, mica, gypsum, feldspar, kaolin, and quartz. |
| Mitchell Cove | W Haywood County on the head of Mitchell Cove Branch. |
| Mitchell Cove Branch | rises in W Haywood County and flows SE into Jonathans Creek. |
| Mitchell Creek | rises in SE Craven County and flows NE into Clubfoot Creek. |
| Mitchell Creek | rises in N Person County and flows NW into Marlowe Creek. |
| Mitchell Creek | rises in S Yancey County and flows NE into Timber Creek. See also Mitchell Falls. |
| Mitchell Falls | S Yancey County on Mitchell Creek. It was there that Elisha Mitchell fell to his death in June 1857. |
| Mitchell Lick | on Cherokee-Graham county line approx. ½ mi. from the North Carolina-Tennessee state line on the headwaters of Snowbird Creek. It is a site at which early settlers salted stock and to which wild animals also came for salt. |
| Mitchell Mountain | NE Henderson County. |