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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 |
|---|---|
| Orton |
community in E central Brunswick County on Cape Fear River. |
| Orton Branch |
rises in S Buncombe County and flows NE into French Broad River. |
| Orton Creek |
rises in SE Brunswick County and flows E into Cape Fear River. |
| Orton Plantation |
E central Brunswick County overlooking Cape Fear River. House, built about 1725 by Roger Moore and later the home of Governor Benjamin Smith, is now a tourist attraction with extensive azalea gardens. The old town of Brunswick, which see, was nearby. |
| Orton Point |
point of land S of mouth of Lilliput Creek in E Brunswick County extending into Cape Fear River. |
| Orton Pond |
artificial pond on Orton Creek in E Brunswick County. Built about 1810. Max. depth 12 ft. Surface area 500 acres. |
| Os-quee-ha-ha |
See Clear Creek. |
| Osage Mountain |
S Macon County between West Fork Overflow Creek and Watkins Creek. |
| Osborn Branch |
rises in NE Transylvania County and flows SE into Boylston Creek. |
| Osborn Mountain |
E Watauga County between Elk Creek and Southwest Stony Fork Creek. |
