White Oak River

… rises in N Onslow and S Jones Counties and flows SE on the Jones-Onslow county line to the Carteret-Onslow county line and into the Atlantic Ocean through Bogue Inlet. It is approx. 20 mi. long. Name derived from the Weetock Indian tribe. Appears as Weetock on the Lawson map, 1709; as Weitock River on the Moseley map, 1733; and as White Oak River on the Collet map, 1770.