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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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--From The North Carolina Gazetteer, 1st edition, preface by William S. Powell

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Place Description
Oak Grove Township

E central Durham County.
Oak Hill

community in N central Burke County about 4 mi. N of Morganton.
Oak Hill Mountain

peak in the Cane Creek Mountains, S Alamance County.
Oak Hill Township

NW Granville County.
Oak Island

a peninsula between Elizabeth River and the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Cape Fear River in SE Brunswick County. Site of Fort Caswell, Long Beach, and Yaupon Beach. Appears as an island on the Collet map, 1770.
Oak Knob

on the Buncombe-Madison county line. Alt. approx. 4,400. Also appears on maps as Oakes Knob and as Oak Ridge.
Oak Level Township

SE Nash County.
Oak Lodge

community in E Guilford County.
Oak Park

community in S Buncombe County.
Oak Ridge

town in NW Guilford County. Alt. 885. Est. in 1852 and inc. in 1897. Named for its location on an oak-grown ridge. Oak Ridge Military Institute, oldest military preparatory school in North Carolina, founded there in 1853.