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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 |
|---|---|
| Rickman Creek |
rises in N Macon County and flows SE into Matlock Creek. |
| Ricks Branch |
rises in SE Cherokee County and flows SE into Little Brasstown Creek. |
| Ricks Creek |
rises in NW Duplin County and flows SW into Goshen Swamp. |
| Ricky Knob |
central Haywood County between Ned Branch and the head of Hemphill Creek. |
| Rico |
community in N Columbus County. |
| Riddick Crossroads |
community in W Gates County. |
| Riddicksville |
community in NE Hertford County near Chowan River. Known as Maney's Ferry until 1825 for the Maney family, which had lived there since about 1750. The site was acquired by Adam Riddick in 1825 and the present name adopted soon afterward. |
| Riddie Cove |
W Haywood County on Big Spring Branch. |
| Riddle |
community in S Camden County. A post office est. there 1884 as Bray for Dempsey Bray, first postmaster, who removed to another community after two years. Renamed for Charles Riddle (1862-89), local schoolmaster, and operated until 1939. |
| Riddle Branch |
rises in NW Yancey County and flows SE into Bald Mountain Creek. |
