NC Gazetteer

Crane Creek

Also known as: Cane Creek, Town Creek
A creek in Rowan County
… rises in S Rowan County and flows NE into High Rock Lake (Yadkin River). Mentioned in local records as early as 1728. Appears on the Collet map, 1770, as Cane Creek, but as Crane Creek on the Price map, 1808. Crane Creek has three tributaries, all called Crane Creek; one of them, near Salisbury, is sometimes called Town Creek.