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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 |
|---|---|
| Old Field Top Mountain |
W Haywood County between Plott Balsams and Mingus Ridge. Alt. 5,820. Sometimes called Plott's Old Field Mountain. |
| Old Fields of Toe |
See Newland. |
| Old Fields Township |
W Wilson County. |
| Old Ford |
See Mineola. |
| Old Ford Swamp |
rises in NW Beaufort County and flows W to join Snoad Branch in forming Aggie Run. |
| Old Fort |
town in W McDowell County on Catawba River. Alt. 1,438. Inc. 1872 as Catawba Vale by a northern land company that expected to develop a city on the Davidson plantation, which it had purchased the previous year. Name changed in 1873 to Old Fort, the name by which the community had been known since 1828 or earlier, when a post office existed there. Named for Davidson's Fort, erected in 1776 by troops under the command of Gen. Griffith Rutherford, who led expedition against the Cherokee Indians. |
| Old Fort Township |
SW McDowell County. |
| Old Furnace |
community in S Gaston County served by post office, 1848-1902. |
| Old Gilreath |
community in S Wilkes County 3 mi. NW of Gilreath. |
| Old House Branch |
rises in SE Watauga County and flows NE into Dugger Creek. |
