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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 |
|---|---|
| Pollocksville |
town in S Jones County on Trent River. Known as Trent Bridge as early as 1779, and a post office was est. 1809. Inc. 1834 as Pollocksville, but a municipal government was not formed at that time. Reincorporated 1849. The name Pollock appears at the location on the Collet map, 1770, and others into the nineteenth century, when Trent Bridge is shown across the river and Pollocksville at the site of the town. Produces lumber. Alt. 13. |
| Pollocksville Township |
E Jones County. |
| Polls Gap |
W Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Balsam Mountain near lat. 35°33'48" N., long. 83°09'42" W. Alt. 5,090. Named after Aunt Polly Moody's family cow, Poll, died, and her bones were left bleaching in the sun for many years. |
| Polly Hollow |
E Mitchell County parallel to Laurel Branch. |
| Polly Middleton Gap |
in central Jackson County between Double Top Mountain and Horneyhead Mountain. |
| Polly Mountain |
S Jackson County, bordered on the E by Scotsman Creek and on the S by Chattooga River. Alt. approx. 3,150. |
| Polly Run Creek |
See Poley Swamp. |
| Polycarp |
community in S Alexander County. Alt. approx. 1,000. Named for Rev. Polycarp Henkle, Lutheran minister in the vicinity in the nineteenth century. |
| Pomeiock |
appears on the White-De Bry map, 1590, as an enclosed Indian village in present Hyde County between Lake Mattamuskeet and Wyesocking Bay. |
| Pomona |
former community in central Guilford County now within Greensboro city limits. Alt. 868. Named for the Italian goddess of the fruit of trees; a nursery was once located there. |
