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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.
Some place names included in The North Carolina Gazetteer contain terms that are considered offensive.
"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 |
|---|---|
| Ragged Point |
central Onslow County, extends into N Morgan Bay. |
| Raglins Ferry |
See Mush Island. |
| Ragsdale Creek |
rises in central Buncombe County and flows SE into Hominy Creek. |
| Raider Camp Creek |
rises in SE Avery County and flows SE into Caldwell County, where it enters Harper Creek. |
| Raider Camp Ridge |
SE Avery County. |
| Rail Cove |
NE Cherokee County at the head of Rail Cove Branch. |
| Rail Cove Branch |
rises in NE Cherokee County and flows SW and NE into Ingram Branch. |
| Railroad Pond |
E Anson County SE of Lilesville. Covers approx. 4 acres; max. depth 12 ft. Formed early in the twentieth century when gravel was removed from the site. |
| Rainbow Banks |
steep bank of the Roanoke River, N Martin County between Poplar Point on the E and Hamilton on the w. Mentioned in an act of the General Assembly in 1729 and appears on the Collet map, 1770. |
| Rainbow Creek |
rises in S Greene County and flows NE into Contentnea Creek. The name appears in local records as early as 1730. |
