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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 |
|---|---|
| Lower Ferry on New River |
See Sneads Ferry. |
| Lower Fishing Creek |
former township in NE Edgecombe County, now township no. 5. |
| Lower Fork Township |
SE Burke County. |
| Lower Grassy Branch |
rises in N Swain County and flows SW into Kephart Prong. |
| Lower Hominy Township |
W central Buncombe County. |
| Lower Little River |
rises in SW Moore County and flows E through Moore County, forms the N boundary of Fort Bragg Military Reservation in Hoke and Cumberland Counties, and continues in part along the Cumberland-Harnett county line to Cape Fear River. |
| Lower Norfolk County |
See County of Norfolk. |
| Lower Pigeon |
See Clyde. |
| Lower Sassafras Gap |
N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Noland Divide near the head of Bridge Creek, lat. 35°31'09" N., long. 83°27'15" W. |
| Lower Saura Town |
former Indian village in NE Rockingham County on Dan River. Site approx. 2 mi. E of Leaksville. Probably occupied by Saura Indians by the middle of the seventeenth century and abandoned in early eighteenth century. Saura or Sara meant "a place of tall grass or weeds." See also Upper Saura Town; Town Creek. |
