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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 |
|---|---|
| Reddies River Township |
central Wilkes County. |
| Redding |
See Elizabeth City. |
| Redding Mountain |
E Wilkes County N of Flat Rock Creek. |
| Reddix Branch |
rises in S Mitchell County near Swafford Gap and flows W into East Fork Grassy Creek. Said to have been named for the Reddix family, which camped near its head. While there, two of their children died of colic and were buried at the head of the stream. Recent maps have used the form Reddick. |
| Reddy Branch |
rises in NW Madison County and flows S into Shelton Laurel Creek. |
| Redland |
community in N Davie County. Originally known as Bethlehem community for a Methodist church (on the site of Old Timber Ridge Meeting House, where Moravian ministers preached as early as 1773). When a post office was est. there in 1892, the name Bethlehem could not be used, as it was already in use elsewhere in the state. Redland was chosen as descriptive of the soil thereabouts. Post office closed 1906. Alt. 875. |
| Redman Creek |
is formed in NE Swain County by the confluence of Left Fork and Right Fork and flows SW into Bunches Creek. |
| Redman Ridge |
NE Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a spur extending SW from Balsam Mountain, lat. 35°34'15" N., long. 83°12' W. |
| Redmans Cove |
S Buncombe County SW of Hogback Ridge. |
| Redmans Old Field |
appears on the Collet map, 1770, as open ground on the N side of Cokey Swamp, which see, W central Edgecombe County S of Tarboro. |
