Copyright Notice: 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.
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.
Some place names included in The North Carolina Gazetteer contain terms that are considered offensive.
"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 |
|---|---|
| Sandy Run Swamp |
rises in W Onslow County and flows SW into Pender County, where it enters Holly Shelter Creek. |
| Sandy Run Township |
former township in SW Cleveland County, now township no. 7. |
| Sandy Springs |
community in SW Rutherford and SE Polk Counties. A post office operated there, 1876-1908. |
| Sandycross |
community in SE Gates County served by post office, 1884-1906. |
| Sanford |
city and county seat, central Lee County. Laid out about 1872. Inc. 1874. Said to have been named for Col. C. O. Sanford, engineer for the Chatham Railroad. Jonesboro, which see, merged with Sanford in 1947. Produces bricks, pottery, lumber, electrical parts, primary metals, sheet-metal working, apparel, industrial machinery, furniture, insecticides, and cosmetics. Alt. 375. |
| Sans Souci |
community in SE Bertie County. The name of an early plantation, which in French means "without care or worry." Long site of cable-drawn ferry. |
| Santeetlah |
community in central Graham County on Santeetlah Lake. The former post office there, 1906-30, was called Millsaps. |
| Santeetlah Creek |
rises in W Graham County and flows E into Santeetlah Lake. Name said to have meant "blue waters" in Cherokee, but Mooney's glossary says the Indians did not recognize or understand the name, insisting it was given to the creek by white men. They called the creek Nayuhi geyuni (sandplace stream), and Little Santeetlah Creek was known by them as Tsundaniltiyi |
| Santeetlah Gap |
W central Graham County approx. ¾ mi. W of Funnel Top. |
| Santeetlah Lake |
central Graham County, was formed in 1928 by a dam on Cheoah River. Covers 2,580 acres, with a shoreline of 105 mi. Max. depth 240 ft. Alt. 1,940. Used for power, fishing, and boating. |
