The name Town Creek was applied to a former creek that drains a portion of central Fayetteville, including the low-lying part of present-day Spring Street from East Avenue west and a second tributary running mostly underground today from the U.S. post office on St. Charles Avenue west beneath a series of buildings.
It briefly hits daylight running behind U.S. Pizza and across Thompson Avenue before disappearing into the subsurface again, running beneath Theo’s restaurant, Campbell Avenue, the West Avenue parking lots and turning south to run under the Upper Ramble, the Metro District and the new seven-story apartment building on Center Street.
It joins present-day Tanglewood Creek just south of Center Street.
At least one map also lists “Town Creek” in place of Town Branch as well.