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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 |
|---|---|
| Riley Cove |
E Clay County between Chunky Gal Mountain and Buck Creek. |
| Riley Knob |
E Macon County between Higdon Mountain and Ledford Branch. |
| Rileys Creek |
rises in central Pender County and flows SW into Long Creek. |
| Rileys Cross Roads |
See Riley. |
| Rimer |
community in N Cabarrus County; known also as Rimertown. |
| Ring Fire Knob |
SE Wilkes County between Little Hunting Creek and Osborne Creek. Alt. approx. 1,300. |
| Ringstaff Mountains |
range in the Cane Creek Mountains, S Alamance County. |
| Ringwood |
town in SW Halifax County. Inc. 1877, but long inactive in municipal affairs. A number of homes there date from the early nineteenth century. |
| Rio |
community in S central Transylvania County. |
| Rio Jordan |
See Cape Fear River. |
