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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 |
|---|---|
| Mount Airy |
town in NE Surry County. Alt. 1,104. Settled about 1850; inc. 1869. In the early nineteenth century, the vicinity was called the Hollow or Hallow. See also Perkinsville. |
| Mount Airy Township |
N Surry County. |
| Mount Ararat |
See Pilot Mountain. |
| Mount Bolus |
hill in SE Orange County near Bolin Creek ½ mi. N of Chapel Hill. An extinct volcano. Said to have been named by university students after "Old Diabolus" (devil), their nickname for Joseph Caldwell, president of the university, 1796-1835. Appears as Gander Mountain in local records as late as 1792. |
| Mount Buckley |
the southernmost of three knobs, the central one of which is Clingmans Dome and the northernmost Mount Love, in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the border of Swain County, N.C., and Sevier County, Tenn., lat. 35°33'15" N., long. 83°30' W. Named by Arnold H. Guyot prior to 1860 in honor of naturalist S. B. Buckley (1809-84), Guyot's friend and sometime coworker. Alt. 6,500. |
| Mount Calvert |
See Grimesland. |
| Mount Cammerer |
on the Haywood County, N.C.-Cocke County, Tenn., line in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Cammerer Ridge about lat. 35°45'50" N., long. 83°09'40" W. Named in honor of A. B. Cammerer, formerly of the U.S. Department of the Interior, who was active in promoting the park. Alt. approx. 4,928. |
| Mount Carmel |
community in central Moore County served by post office, 1885-1905. |
| Mount Chapman |
in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Swain County, N.C.-Sevier County, Tenn., line, lat. 35°41' N., long. 83°17' W. Named for David Carpenter Chapman (1876-1938?) of Knoxville, Tenn., whose initiative and persistent activity over many years was largely responsible for the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park by the act of Congress approved on May 22, 1926. Alt. 6,425. Formerly known as Black, Old Black, and The Black. |
| Mount Collier |
S Orange County at NE end of Grampian Hills. |
