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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.
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 |
|---|---|
| Saurat |
See Upper Saura Town. |
| Sauratown |
former community in SE Stokes County near the mouth of Town Fork Creek on Dan River. A post office operated there, 1876-87. Earlier post office, named Saura Town, operated 1833-39. |
| Sauratown Mountain |
a range extending from W Stokes County into the center of the county. Alt. 2,465. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. Named for the Saura Indians, who lived in the area. The Indians were mentioned by William Byrd, 1728. |
| Sauratown Township |
SE Stokes County. |
| Savage |
community in E Gates County served by post office, 1904-35. Alt. 33. Settled prior to Civil War and named for G. W. Savage, local landowner. |
| Savages Crossroads |
community in N Gates County. Known first as Pipkin's Crossroads, then as Brickhouse. |
| Savannah |
community on Savannah Creek in W Jackson County. |
| Savannah Creek |
rises in E Anson County and flows NE into Blewett Falls Lake. |
| Savannah Ridge |
in W Jackson County between Little Savannah Creek and Savannah Creek. |
| Savannah Township |
W Jackson County. |
