Townsville | town in N Vance County between Little Island Creek and SE prong of Kerr Lake. Alt. 421. James Lyne operated a store there about 1780, and the surrounding community was named Lynesville, the name by which it appears on the MacRae map, 1833. Inc. in 1857 and named for Edmund Towne, who donated land for a railway station. Served by post office since 1855. |
Townsville Lake | See Kerr Lake. |
Townsville Township | N Vance County. |
Toxaway | See Lake Toxaway; Rosman. |
Toxaway Creek | rises in S Transylvania County and flows SW into Toxaway River. |
Toxaway Falls | SW Transylvania County on Tox-away River S of community of Lake Toxaway. The falls, which cascade 123 ft., are crossed by a highway bridge. |
Toxaway Mountain | on the Jackson-Transylvania county line N of Horsepasture River. |
Toxaway River | rises in SW Transylvania County and flows N for a short distance then SE and SW into South Carolina, where it joins Whitewater River in forming Keowee River. The name is derived from the Cherokee word Tor-tzoo-whah (redbird). |
Tracadia | See Baltimore. |
Trace Branch | rises in N Jones County and flows S into Beaver Creek. |