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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

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Place Description
Long Mountain Branch

rises in W Madison County near Long Mountain and flows E into Spring Creek.
Long Neck Point

peninsula extending from W Goose Creek Island into Goose Creek at the mouth of Upper Spring Creek, NE Pamlico County.
Long Pine

community in SW Anson County. Named for local Methodist church est. 1791-95. A post office operated there from 1869 to 1906.
Long Point

on S side of Pamlico River, SE Beaufort County.
Long Reach Sein Hole

a shallow place in Northeast Cape Fear River in central Duplin County suitable for seining.
Long Ridge

See Hoke.
Long Run

See Little Creek.
Long Shoal

in the waters of Pamlico Sound off the SE mainland of Dare County. The waters of Parched Corn Bay lie between it and the mainland.
Long Shoal Bay

the mouth of Long Shoal River in S Dare County.
Long Shoal Point

extends from the mainland of S Dare County into Pamlico Sound. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733.