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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 |
|---|---|
| Rocky Knob |
E Haywood County between Rough Creek and Laurel Gap approx. 4 mi. N of town of Canton. Alt. approx. 4,175. |
| Rocky Knob Creek |
rises in E Watauga County and flows NW into South Fork New River. |
| Rocky Knob Gap |
between Wolf Creek and Tanasee Creek in E Jackson County. |
| Rocky Knob Ridge |
S Haywood County on the head of Mauney Cove Branch. |
| Rocky Knobs |
two knobs S of Horsepasture River, SW Transylvania County. |
| Rocky Mount |
city in E Nash and W Edgecombe Counties. Est. 1816; inc. 1867. Named for the rocky mounds and ledges on the site near the falls of the Tar River. Home of North Carolina Wesleyan College. Produces tobacco, furniture, and fabricated metals. Alt. 121. |
| Rocky Mount Township |
former township in W central Edgecombe County, now township no. 12. |
| Rocky Mountain |
E central Watauga County between Rocky Branch and Rocky Knob Creek. |
| Rocky Pen Ridge |
central Cherokee County, extends NE from Nottely River to Hiwassee River near Murphy. |
| Rocky Point |
community in S Pender County. Alt. 39. Inc. 1905; charter repealed 1945. Name applied to the area by Barbadian explorers in 1663 for an unusual outcropping of rock near Lane's Ferry in the otherwise flat country. The community was settled in the late eighteenth century. Clayton Hall, home of Francis Clayton, native of Scotland and member of the Wilmington Safety Committee, 1774, was there. Produces lumber. See also Lillington County. |
