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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 |
|---|---|
| Oldham |
community in N Forsyth County served by post office, 1883-1901. |
| Olds |
community in S Currituck County. Known locally as Olds Hill for a sand hill nearby. |
| Olds Township |
E central Greene County. Named for the Olds family whose members moved there after 1779. |
| Oldwoman Branch |
rises in W Pitt County and flows SE into Little Contentnea Creek. |
| Olga |
community in W Pender County served by post office, 1900-1908. |
| Olin |
town in N central Iredell County. Est. and inc. 1855 as New Institute when Brantley York and Baxter Clegg opened an academy there. Reincorporated 1857 as Olin in honor of Stephen Olin, Methodist educator. Inc. again in 1905, but long inactive in municipal affairs. |
| Olin Creek |
rises in NW Iredell County and flows SE into Patterson Creek. Formerly known as Little Rocky Creek. |
| Olin Township |
N central Iredell County. |
| Olive Branch |
community in NE Union County E of Gourdvine Creek. |
| Olive Grove |
community in N Cleveland County. |
