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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 |
|---|---|
| Pacolet River |
rises in SE Henderson County near the South Carolina state line and flows NE into Polk County, where it turns SE to flow into South Carolina. There it enters Broad River. Sometimes also known as North Pacolet River. |
| Pactolus |
town in E Pitt County. Inc. 1887. Named for the ancient river in Asia Minor. Alt. 22. |
| Pactolus Township |
E Pitt County. |
| Paddy Creek |
rises in W Burke County and flows SE approx. 6½ mi. into Lake James. |
| Paddy Mountain |
central Ashe County W of West Jefferson. |
| Paddys Delight Creek |
rises in N Northampton County and flows SE into Potecasi Creek. |
| Padgett |
community in W Onslow County on Sandy Run Swamp. |
| Padgett Branch |
rises in N Buncombe County and flows SE into White Branch. |
| Padgett Swamp |
rises in W Onslow County and flows SE into Sandy Run Swamp. |
| Page |
community in NW Pender County served by post office, 1887-1903. |
