Rockyhock Creek

… rises in central Chowan County and flows SW into Chowan River. Appears as Rakahak on the Ogilby map, 1671, and as Rockyhock on the Moseley map, 1733. Name may be derived from an Indian village, Ricahokene, on the E side of Perquimans River at Albemarle Sound. It may have meant "where combs [rakes?] are made."