NC Gazetteer by Powell: Big Flatty Creek - rises in s Pasquotank County and flows se into Albemarle Sound, Shown on the Hack map, 1684 as Flatt Creek, on the Moseley map, 1733, and the Collet map, 1770, as Flatty Creek. Salmon Creek - rises in e Bertie County and flows se into Chowan River. Appears as Flatt's Creek on the Comberford map, 1657, but as Salmon Creek on the Ogilby map, 1671. Probably named for an early settler.