NC Gazetteer

Tryon Mountain

A mountain in Polk County
W Polk County above the town of Tryon between Skyuka Creek and Little Cove Creek. Named for William Tryon (1729-88), governor of North Carolina, 1765-71. Named by the Cherokee for the governor in 1767 when a boundary was being est. between white and Cherokee lands. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. Alt. 3,231.