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"The North Carolina Gazetteer is a geographical dictionary in which an attempt has been made to list all of the geographic features of the state in one alphabet. It is current, and it is historical as well. Many features and places that no longer exist are included; many towns and counties for which plans were made but which never materialized are also included. Some names appearing on old maps may have been imaginary, but many of them also appear in this gazetteer.
Each entry is located according to the county in which it is found. I have not felt obliged to keep entries uniform. The altitude of a place, the date of incorporation of a city or town, may appear in the beginning of one entry and at the end of another. Some entries may appear more complete than others. I have included whatever information I could find. If there is no comment on the origin or meaning of a name, it is because the information was not available. In some cases, however, resort to an unabridged dictionary may suggest the meaning of many names."
--From The North Carolina Gazetteer, 1st edition, preface by William S. Powell
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Middle Fork [Hawk Branch] |
rises in N Yancey County and flows SW to join South Fork [Hawk Branch] in forming Hawk Branch. |
| Middle Fork [Lower Creek] |
rises in NE Caldwell County and flows SW into Zacks Fork. |
| Middle Fork [Raven Fork] |
rises in NE Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and flows SW to join Left Fork and Right Fork in forming Raven Fork [Oconaluftee River]. |
| Middle Fork [Reddies River] |
rises in NW Wilkes County and flows SE to join North Fork [Reddies River] in forming Reddies River. |
| Middle Fork [Rock Creek] |
rises in S Yancey County and flows E to join North Fork [Rock Creek] in forming Rock Creek. |
| Middle Fork [South Fork New River] |
rises in S Watauga County on E limits of town of Blowing Rock and flows NE and then N to join East Fork and Flannery Fork in forming South Fork New River approx. 2 mi. SE of town of Boone. |
| Middle Fork [Upper Creek] |
rises in S Yancey County and flows SE to join South Fork [Upper Creek] in forming Upper Creek. |
| Middle Fourth Creek |
See Morrison Creek. |
| Middle Ground |
a former shoal between Oak Island and Bald Head (Smith Island) in SE Brunswick County; appears on the Collet map, 1770. It is called Sea Cattle on the Price map, 1808, but the shoal had eroded and was practically gone by 1833 (MacRae map). |
| Middle Little River |
rises in E Caldwell County and flows SE into Alexander County, where it enters Lake Hickory on Catawba River. |
