NC Gazetteer

Torhunta

Also known as: Nahunta, Tarhunta, Narhantes, Taughoutnith
A village in Wilson County
… a village of the Tuscarora Indians, appears on the Moseley map, 1733, at the head of Contentnea Creek in what is now W Wilson County. Many variant spellings include Tarhunta, Taughoutnith, Nahunta, Narhantes. Derives from Indian term meaning "it stays overnight."