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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 |
|---|---|
| Pepper Creek |
rises in NE McDowell County and flows S into North Fork [Catawba River] near North Cove. |
| Peppers |
community in W Mitchell County on Bee Creek. |
| Perch |
community in SE Surry County served by post office, 1894-1904. |
| Perfection |
community in W Craven County. |
| Perkins Branch |
rises in central Watauga County and flows S into Hardin Creek. |
| Perkinsville |
community in N Burke County on John's River. |
| Permetter Creek |
rises in N central Anson County and flows S into Brown Creek. Named for the Permenter family, early settlers. |
| Permudas Island |
approx. 1½ mi. long, in S Onslow County in Stump Sound. |
| Pernell |
community in N Wake County served by post office, 1885-1904. |
| Perquimans County |
was formed by 1679 as Berkeley Precinct in Albemarle County. Located in the NE section of the state, it is bounded by Albemarle Sound and by Chowan, Gates, and Pasquotank Counties. It was named for Indians in the vicinity. The legislature met there, 1707-16. Area: 324 sq. mi. (261, land; 63, water). County seat: Hertford, with an elevation of 15 ft. Townships are Belvidere, Bethel, Hertford, New Hope, and Parkville. Produces corn, soybeans, peanuts, cotton, hogs, livestock, apparel, sorghum, truck bodies, and sand. |
