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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.
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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 |
|---|---|
| Nelsonville |
See Grimesland. |
| Nero |
community in NW Wake County served by post office, 1900-1904. |
| Ness Creek |
rises in N New Hanover County and flows SW into Cape Fear River. |
| Nestor |
community in NW Davie County served by post office, 1886-1905. |
| Net |
community in W Iredell County served by post office, 1894-1907. |
| Nettle Branch |
rises in S Burke County and flows N into Jacob Fork. |
| Nettle Creek |
rises in NW Haywood County and flows NE into Big Creek. |
| Nettle Creek Bald |
N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, lat. 35°34'02" N., long. 83°22'55" W. Alt. 5,172. |
| Nettle Knob |
in central Watauga County N of Howard Creek. Alt. 4,000. |
| Nettle Patch |
mountain near the Blue Ridge Parkway on the McDowell-Mitchell-Yancey county line. Alt. approx. 3,950. |
