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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 |
|---|---|
| Pilot Mountain |
on Burke-McDowell county line. Alt. 2,050. |
| Pilot Ridge |
central Madison County parallel to Teat Branch. Walnut Knob is on the S end of this ridge. |
| Pilot Rock |
N Transylvania County between Dividing Ridge and Pilot Cove. |
| Pilot Township |
E Surry County. |
| Pilot View |
community in central Yadkin County between North Deep and Forbush Creeks. Formerly known as Sugartown. |
| Pin Gap |
S Macon County between Foster Knob and the head of Jones Creek. |
| Pin Hook |
community in SE Duplin County. |
| Pin Oak Gap |
on Haywood-Swain county line on the head of Ledge Creek in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Alt. 4,428. A prominent Indian trail passed through the gap before the coming of Europeans. |
| Pinch Gut Branch |
rises in E Surry County and flows SE into Stokes County, where it enters Big Creek. Said to have been named by Saura Indians in the vicinity who almost starved because of the scarcity of game. |
| Pinch Gut Creek |
rises in W Anson County and flows N into Brown Creek. |
