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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

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Place Description
Northeast

community in NE Onslow County.
Northeast Branch [New River]

See Northeast Creek.
Northeast Branch [Newport River]

rises in E Carteret County and flows S into Newport River E of the town of Newport.
Northeast Cape Fear River

rises in NW Duplin County about 2 mi. S of Mount Olive; flows SE to form a part of the Duplin-Wayne county line; continues S through Duplin and Pender Counties; turns slightly W to form a part of the New Hanover-Pender county line; and flows S in New Hanover County, where it enters Cape Fear River at Wilmington. Appears as Northeast Fork and North East River on the Collet map, 1770.
Northeast Creek

rises in SW Durham County and flows SW into Chatham County, where it enters New Hope River.
Northeast Fork

See Northeast Cape Fear River.
Northeast Hamlet

See Longwood Park.
Northeast Prong [South Lake]

central Dare County.
Northeast River

See Northeast Cape Fear River.
Northside

community in SW Granville County.