NC Gazetteer

Waterrock Knob

Also known as: Amos Plott Balsam
A knob in Haywood County and Jackson County
… on the Haywood-Jackson county line. Alt. 6,292. Named Amos Plott Balsam in 1858 by Arnold Guyot for a pioneer settler at its base. Wood cutters and loggers knew it as Waterrock Knob because there was a good spring running out over a smooth rock near its top. Also spelled Water Rock Knob.