Copyright Notice: This content is from the North Carolina Gazetteer, edited by William S. Powell and Michael Hill. Copyright © 2010 by the University of North Carolina Press. Used by permission of the publisher. For personal use and not for further distribution. Please submit permission requests for other use directly to the publisher.

This content is from the North Carolina Gazetteer, edited by William S. Powell and Michael Hill. Copyright © 2010 by the University of North Carolina Press. Used by permission of the publisher. For personal use and not for further distribution. Please submit permission requests for other use directly to the publisher.

Some place names included in The North Carolina Gazetteer contain terms that are considered offensive.

Preface to the 2nd edition
Preface to the 1st edition
Acknowledgments
Tips for Searching the Gazetteer

"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

Alphabetical Glossary Filter

"
3
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Reset
Place Description
New Years Creek

rises in S Watauga County on the W limits of the town of Blowing Rock and flows S into N Caldwell County, where it enters Thunderhole Creek.
Newasiwac

an Indian village of the Neusiok tribe located in what is now the S tip of Craven County on the Neuse River estuary. Appears on the White map, 1585. Called Neuustooc on the De Bry map, 1590, and Nustoc on the Smith map, 1624.
Newbern District

at the time of the 1790 census, was composed of Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dobbs, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Pitt, and Wayne Counties.
Newberry Creek

rises in W McDowell County and flows SE into Curtis Creek.
Newbes Bridge

See Belvidere.
Newby's Bridge

See Belvidere.
Newdale

community in E Yancey County on Long Branch. Flinty, former post office serving the area, is a part of Newdale.
Newell

community in E Mecklenburg County. Settled about 1880 and named for John A. Newell, local resident, in whose home the first post office was est. in 1882. Alt. 756.
Newfound

community in W Buncombe County on Newfound Creek.
Newfound Creek

rises on the Buncombe-Haywood county line near Newfound Gap and flows NE into French Broad River.