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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 |
|---|---|
| Roosevelt |
community in NE Henderson County between Whiteside Mountain and Chickasaw Knobs. Named for President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919). |
| Rooty Branch |
rises in E Craven County and flows E into Broad Creek. |
| Roper |
town in N central Washington County on Kendricks Creek. Alt. 13. Settled in 1706 by Thomas Blount, who built a dam there. Upon his death, his widow married Col. Thomas Lee, who built a mill at the site; the designations "S. Lee, Saw Mills" appear on the Moseley map, 1733. The mill, which began operation in 1709, was destroyed in an explosion in 1921. The town served as county seat from 1800 to 1823 (see also Cabin Ridge Plantation). Post office est. 1802; post office name changed to Union in 1851. In 1820 the town of Duckettsville was authorized to be laid out there but never developed. Lees Mills was renamed Roper in 1889 for John L. Roper, who est. a lumber industry there, and the town was inc. in 1907. |
| Roper Knob |
N Macon County between the head of Rose Creek and Little Tennessee River. |
| Roper Springs |
community in NW Halifax County. A mineral spring there was the site of an Indian camp before the arrival of white settlers. A man named Roper later operated a tavern there, hence the name. |
| Roper's Knob |
S Burke County. Alt. 2,200. |
| Roquist Creek |
rises in W Bertie County and flows SE into Cashie River. Many spellings (Rocquis, Rakwis, Rocquist, Roquewhist, etc.) have been used in the past, but Roquist is the accepted spelling. The word is Tuscarora for "turtle." Mentioned in local records as early as 1723. |
| Roquist Pocosin |
SW Bertie County. |
| Roscoe |
community in central Chatham County served by post office, 1883-1926. |
| Rose |
community in N Chatham County served by post office, 1892-1904. |
