Little Tennessee (Tennessee line) 1,114 Big Pigeon (Fine’s Creek) 2,241 Big Pigeon (Forks) 2,701 French Broad (Tennessee line) 1,264 Watauga (Tennessee line) 2,131 Broad river (Reedy Patch) 1,473 Mouth Little river 2,088 Mouth Valley river 1,514 W. N. C. R. R. Salisbury 760 Morganton 1,140 Marion 1,425 Swannanoa Tunnel 2,510 Swannanoa Mouth 1,977 Richland Creek (Waynesville) 2,608 Balsam Gap 3,411 Scott’s Creek (mouth) 1,986 Nantihala River 1,682 Red Marble Gap 2,686 From Professor W. C. Kerr’s report of altitudes. The railroad altitudes were obtained from J. W. Wilson. Only those mountain and valley heights of particular interest are given. AREA OF COUNTIES. (From State Report.) Square miles. Alleghany 300 Ashe 450 Buncombe 620 Burke 400 Caldwell 450 Catawba 370 Cherokee 500 Clay 160 Cleaveland 420 Forsyth 340 Graham 250 Haywood 740 Henderson 360 Jackson 960 McDowell 440 Macon 650 Madison 450 Mitchell 240 Polk 300 Swain 420 Transylvania 330 Watauga 460 Yadkin 320 Yancey 400 POPULATION OF THE WESTERN COUNTIES, 1880.[A] Total. Colored. County-seats.