High Falls

… community in N Moore County on Deep River. William England built a mill there about 1790. Originally known as The Great Falls and The Big Falls for a 15 ft. waterfall in the river. The community of Prosperity, approx. 1 mi. e, was settled about 1862, but by 1941 it had been almost completely abandoned in favor of High Falls. Prosperity was named for the fact that it was in the center of a prosperous farming section.