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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.

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Place Description
Newmarket

town authorized in 1801 to be est. in Orange County at or near Woody's Ferry on Haw River. It was a project of the Deep and Haw River Company designed to improve river navigation, but apparently the town was never laid out.
Newport

town in W Carteret County on Newport River. Inc. 1866. Alt. 20 ft. First known as Bells Corners, but Quakers from Rhode Island settled there and changed the name to Newport for the city in their native state.
Newport Marshes

a marshy island in Newport River about 1 mi. NE of Morehead City between the channel of the Intracoastal Waterway and Crab Point Thorofare in central Carteret County. Formerly Haystack Marshes.
Newport News Point

SE Tyrrell County, extends from the mainland into Alligator River. Appears on the Collet map, 1770, as Nupernuse Point.
Newport River

rises in W Carteret County and flows about 23 mi. E and SE into the central part of the county, where it enters Bogue Sound. Appears as Coranine River on the Lawson map, 1709, but as Newport River on the Moseley map, 1733.
Newport Township

on Newport River and Broad Creek in NE Carteret County. For a time called township no. 3.
Newsom

community in S Davidson County on Yadkin River. Alt. 558. Named for the family from whom land was acquired for the railroad station.
Newsome

community in E Wayne County between Walnut Creek and West Bear Creek.
Newsome Store

community in SE Hertford County.
Newstump Point

ne Carteret County, E extension of Piney Island into West Bay.