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River Basins in Person County
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River Basins in Person County

Person County is somewhat unique (in many ways) because it includes three watersheds. Part of the county is in the Roanoke River Basin, part in the Neuse River Basin, and part in the Tar-Pamlico River Basin. [I am looking for a map that will show the three river basins.]

Creeks and Rivers

The table below lists many of the creeks, streams, and rivers in Person County. Those that include Latitude/Longitude are from the USGS list. As you encounter references to creeks or streams as a property boundary in deeds, please let me know about them. In addition to the name of the creek or stream, I would like to include a comment indicating where the reference was found (deed book and page or other document). Follow the link at the bottom of the page for my email.

Name	Feeds into this Creek or River	Township	Notes / Comments	Latitude	Longitude	USGS 7.5' Map
Aarons Creek				364028N	0784205W	Buffalo Springs
Alderidge Creek				361603N	0790003W	Hurdle Mills
Bamboo Branch				363127N	0785709W	Cluster Springs
Big Bluewing Creek				363716N	0785017W	Virgilina
Bluewing Creek				363716N	0785017W	Virgilina
Bowes Branch				363334N	0785538W	Cluster Springs
Bowes Branch				363332N	0785539W	Cluster Springs
Brandon Creek				363550N	0790654W	Alton
Bredlov Creek				363222N	0784859W	Virgilina
Broachs Mill Creek				362206N	0790642W	Hurdle Mills
Broad Branch	Mayo		Broad Branch of the Mayo is mentioned in a 1763 Lord Granville Grant. In the survey, it shows it crossing what is now the Person/Virginia border.
Bushy Fork Creek	Flat			361644N	0790305W	Hurdle Mills
Byrds Creek	Flat ?			361552N	0790147W	Hurdle Mills
Camp Creek	Flat ?			361228N	0784723W	Lake Michie
Cane Creek		Cunningham		363042N	0790356W	Alton
Castle Creek				363209N	0785703W	Cluster Springs
Cattail Branch				363126N	0784902W	Virgilina
Chappels Creek	Flat ?			361728N	0785648W	Timberlake
Chubb Creek			Deed book 20 Pg. 80 Bennett Williams to Samuel Williams for 100 lbs., 183A on Chubb Creek. 29 June 1803. pg. 100 Jeremiah Roberts to Walter Oakley Junior, for $75, 50 acres adj. Abram Dunest to Cub Creek. 22 December 1809. Deed book 342 pg 115 Miles Wells of Caswell County to Samuel Williams of Person County, for 100 lbs., 333 acres on Cub Creek at the Granville Co. line adj. William Graves. - 8 August 1812 pg. 133 Samuel Williams to Peggy Inscore of Granville Co., for $133 1/3 for 133 1/3 acres on Cubb Creek adj. William Oakley. 16 Sept. 1815 Deed book 262 pg. 163 Elijah Williams to Caswell Vaughn for $102, 50 acres on Cubb Creek adj. Samuel Williams.
Cobbs Creek	North Hyco			362840N	0790619W	Olive Hill
Crooked Fork				363003N	0784614W	Virgilina
Crutchfield Branch				363300N	0785252W	Cluster Springs
Crutchfield Branch				363259N	0785254W	Cluster Springs
Cub Creek	Hyco			362430N	0790625W	Olive Hill
Cub Creek				361921N	0784601W	Moriah
Deep Creek				361350N	0785318W	Rougemont
Dial Creek	Flat			361020N	0785129W	Lake Michie
Donaldson Creek				362724N	0785237W	Roxboro
Double Creek	Flat?			362224N	0790649W	Hurdle Mills
Duck Creek	South Hyco	Olive Hill Cunningham	Shown on a portion of the 1928 Soils Survey Map.
Fishing Branch				362903N	0785847W	Roxboro
Flat River	Eno			360541N	0784849W	Northeast Durham
Ghent Creek				363143N	0785901W	Cluster Springs
Hyco Creek	Dan	Cunningham		362858N	0790542W	Olive Hill
Hyco River	Dan	Woodsdale		364101N	0784356W	Buffalo Springs
Lick Branch	Stories Creek			362538N	0790110W	Olive Hill
Lick Creek	Flat ?			361534N	0790036W	Hurdle Mills
Little Duck Creek	Hyco			362652N	0790536W	Olive Hill
Marlowe Creek				363010N	0785917W	Cluster Springs
Mayo Creek				363517N	0785317W	Cluster Springs
Mill Creek				362746N	0785256W	Roxboro
Mitchell Creek				362720N	0785830W	Roxboro
North Flat River	Flat / Eno			361503N	0785549W	Timberlake
Powells Creek				363137N	0785850W	Cluster Springs
Richland Creek	South Hyco		Shown on a portion of the 1928 Soils Survey Map.	362529N	0790614W	Olive Hill
Rock Fork Branch	Flat ?			361623N	0785246W	Timberlake
Sargents Creek	Hyco?			362923N	0790451W	Olive Hill
Satterfield Creek	Stories Creek	Olive Hill Roxboro		362524N	0790104W	Olive Hill
Shelton Creek				361727N	0784232W	Berea
Snipe Creek				362112N	0790623W	Hurdle Mills
South Flat River	Flat			361503N	0785549W	Timberlake
South Hyco Creek	Hyco / Dan			362858N	0790543W	Olive Hill
Storys (Stories) Creek	Hyco / Dan	Roxboro Olive Hill		363132N	0785839W	Cluster Springs
Tanyard Branch				362446N	0785811W	Roxboro
Tar River				353308N	0770506W	Washington
Winns Creek				363657N	0790620W	Alton
Winns Creek				363657N	0790619W	Alton

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Links of interest

1	Stream Flow / River Gauges	online monitoring stations allow us to check the levels of various creeks and rivers in Person County.
2	www.epa.gov/surf/	find your watershed
3	www.unrba.org/aunrba.htm	Upper Neuse River Basin Association

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