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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 |
|---|---|
| Right Hand Fork |
See Right Fork. |
| Right Hand Prong [Pigeon River] |
rises in S Haywood County and flows NE into Middle Prong. |
| Right Prong Bent Creek |
rises in N Yancey County and flows SE to join Left Prong Bent Creek in forming Bent Creek. |
| Right Prong Martin Creek |
rises in S Cherokee County and flows E into Martin Creek. |
| Right Prong South Toe River |
rises in S Yancey County and flows E to join Left Prong South Toe River in forming South Toe River. |
| Right Prong Three Forks Creek |
rises in SE Yancey County and flows W to join Left Prong Three Forks Creek in forming Three Forks Creek. |
| Right Prong [Ledge Creek] |
rises in NE Swain County and flows NW into Ledge Creek. |
| Riles Creek |
rises in SE Rowan County and flows SE into Stanly County, where it turns NE back into Rowan County and enters Yadkin River. The Kerr map, 1882, shows the stream as Loyal Creek. |
| Riley |
community in S Franklin County. Post office there, 1873-1911, known as Rileys Cross Roads. |
| Riley Cove |
E Clay County between Chunky Gal Mountain and Buck Creek. |
