NC Gazetteer

Thomas Ridge

A ridge in Swain County
N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, extends in a semicircle from Deep Creek N following the general curve of Oconaluftee River with its center near lat. 35°32'30" N., long. 83°22'03" W. Named for Col. William Holland Thomas (1805-93), native of Haywood County and chief of the Cherokee Indians.