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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 |
|---|---|
| Pixie Mountain |
central Avery County. |
| Plain |
community in SE Guilford County served by post office, 1879-1903. Name derived from Quaker principles. |
| Plain View |
community in N Richmond County. |
| Plain View Township |
NW Sampson County. |
| Plainfield |
community in W Alleghany County served by post office, 1898-1908. |
| Plainview |
community in W Robeson County on the NW outskirts of Rowland, which see. McQueen's Store, a post office est. 1811 was in the vicinity. Name changed to Queensdale, which see, 1820, and operation continued until 1904. |
| Plank Bridge |
See Camden. |
| Plank Ford |
N Union County across Rocky River. |
| Plass Gap |
S Macon County between Norton Branch and Middle Creek. |
| Plateau |
town in SW Catawba County. Inc. 1885 as Keeversville. Name changed, 1893. Long inactive in municipal affairs. |
