NC Gazetteer

West Fork Pigeon River

Also known as: Nee-oh-la, Neeoh-la
A river in Haywood County
… rises in S Haywood County near the Jackson-Transylvania county line and flows NE to join East Fork Pigeon River in forming Pigeon River. Known by the Cherokee Indians as Neeoh-la, the name that they applied to the main river formed by the junction of East and West Forks Pigeon River.