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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 |
|---|---|
| Resaca |
community in NE Duplin County served by post office, 1853-1916. Named for Mexican War Battle of Resaca de la Palma. |
| Research Triangle Park |
a 5,000-acre tract in SE Durham and W Wake Counties. Industrial and governmental research facilities operate there in a campus-like setting. Years of planning preceded opening of first businesses in 1959. Prospects boosted by est. of IBM facility in 1964. Duke University, the University of North Carolina, and North Carolina State University loaned startup expertise and give continuing support. Success of park has made it a national and international model. |
| Reservoir Branch |
rises in NW Madison County and flows E into Spring Creek. |
| Resoe Creek |
rises in central Pender County and flows S into Rileys Creek. Also known as Razo and Rizzo Creek. |
| Resolution Branch |
rises in N Jones County and flows S into Trent River. |
| Resootskeh |
a Tuscarora Indian village in Bertie County on Indian Creek that appears on the Moseley map, 1733. Site was the base of "King Blount," the friendly Indian chief who aided the whites during the Tuscarora Indian War, 1711-13. The modern Tuscarora spelling of the word is Resootska, meaning "to our grandfather." |
| Rest |
community in central Stanly County served by post office, 1883-1907. |
| Retreat |
community in S Haywood County between Inman Branch and West Fork Pigeon River. Also known as Riverside, the name of the local Baptist church. |
| Reuben |
community in NE Union County. |
| Reuben Creek |
rises in E Mitchell County and flows SW into Little Rock Creek. |
