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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 |
|---|---|
| Rainbow Creek |
rises in S Greene County and flows NE into Contentnea Creek. The name appears in local records as early as 1730. |
| Rainbow Falls |
in SW Transylvania County on Horsepasture River. Height of falls is 200 ft. |
| Rainbow Gap |
NE Buncombe County between Lookout Mountain and Montreat. Alt. approx. 3,250. |
| Rainbow Islands |
areas of fine, sandy loam surrounded by swamp in E Washington County SW of the community of Scuppernong. |
| Rainbow Lake |
in S Transylvania County on Middle Creek near its junction with East Fork French Broad River. Covers 2 acres and has a max. depth of 20 ft. Used for recreation. |
| Rainbow Springs |
community in SW Macon County on Pat Stable Branch. |
| Raines Crossroads |
community in E Johnston County. |
| Raines Mountain |
Transylvania County between Carson Creek and Dunn Creek. |
| Rainey Knob |
SW Transylvania County between Thompson River and Horsepasture River. |
| Rakahak |
See Rockyhock Creek. |
