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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.
Some place names included in The North Carolina Gazetteer contain terms that are considered offensive.
"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 |
|---|---|
| Olive Hill |
community in central Macon County on Iotla Creek. |
| Olive Hill Township |
W central Person County. |
| Olive Hollow |
W Watauga County, extends northward W of Laurel Creek. |
| Oliver |
community in E Johnston County. |
| Oliver Reef |
S Dare and E Hyde Counties in the waters of Pamlico Sound N of Hatteras Inlet. Presented by the state to the U.S. government in 1874 for use in naval target practice. Returned to the state in 1965. |
| Oliver's Crossroads |
community in central Jones County. |
| Olivers |
community in central Jones County. |
| Olivers Crossroads |
community in S Catawba County. |
| Olivet |
community in NW Caldwell County on Mulberry Creek. Named for Olivet Methodist Church, in turn named for biblical Mount Olivet or Mount of Olives. |
| Olivette |
community in central Buncombe County. |
