Some place names included in The North Carolina Gazetteer contain terms that are considered offensive.
Copyright Notice: 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.
"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 |
|---|---|
| Mertie |
community in N Wilkes County between North Fork Reddies River and Burke Mountain. |
| Mesic |
community in NE Pamlico County on Bear Creek. First known as Bear Creek; renamed for S. R. Messick, the second postmaster. Alt. 4. |
| Messer Branch |
rises in central Haywood County and flows NE into Cove Creek. |
| Messer Creek |
W Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, rises near lat. 35°36'57" N., long. 83°36'57" W., and flows E into Rough Fork. Formerly known as Sugar Fork but changed to honor Elijah Messer, an early settler on the stream. |
| Messer Ridge |
S Macon County, extends SE into Rabun County, Ga. |
| Metackwem |
See Metocuuem. |
| Metakquam |
See Metocuuem. |
| Metal |
community in S Cleveland County served by post office, 1894-1902. |
| Method |
community in W central Wake County near the head of House Creek. |
| Metocuuem |
an Indian village of either the Weapemeoc or Chawanoac tribes located in what is now E Bertie County between the mouths of Chowan and Roanoke Rivers near Albemarle Sound. Appears on the De Bry map, 1590, and on the Velasco map, 1611, as Metakquam. Variant spellings are Metackwem and Mettaquen. The name may have meant "big woods" or "trees." |
