NC Gazetteer
Whim Knob
A
knob
in
Haywood County
and
Swain County
… on the Haywood-Swain county line between Sugar Tree Lick and Strawberry Knob. Alt. approx. 5,400. Named for the fact that a whim, a horsepowered winch used to draw logs out of the valley, was operated on the peak for several years.