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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 |
|---|---|
| Panther Spring Gap |
W Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near lat. 35°36'35" N., long. 83°03'50" W. |
| Panther Swamp |
a sandy loam area approx. 1 mi. square in E Northampton County on the headwaters of Canal Swamp. |
| Panther Swamp Creek |
rises in central Greene County and flows SW into Contentnea Creek. |
| Panther Top |
S Cherokee County between Beech Creek and Notelly River. Alt. 2,287. |
| Panthers Gap |
See Painters Gap. |
| Panthertail Mountain |
W Transylvania County N of Toxaway River. Alt. 4,516. |
| Panthertown Creek |
rises in SE Jackson County and flows NW then NE to join Greenland Creek in forming Tuckasegee River. |
| Paquiac |
name given by John White on his maps of 1585 and 1590 to the section of Hatteras Island S of Cape Kenrick and extending almost to modern Cape Hatteras, SE Dare County. The section lay between present Chicamacomico Banks and Kinnakeet Banks. The name Paquiac is an Algonquian Indian term for "it is shallow," describing the adjacent Pamlico Sound. |
| Paquike Lake |
See Lake Mattamuskeet. |
| Paquinouc |
See Perquimans River. |
