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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 |
|---|---|
| Seco |
an Indian village shown on John White's map of 1585 located in what is now central Beaufort County. The name is associated with American discoveries dating from 1536, though located on different maps from the Chesapeake Bay S to Florida. De Bry's version of White's map, printed in 1590, changes Seco to Cotan. See also Secotan. |
| Second Broad River |
rises in S McDowell County and flows SE into Rutherford County, which it crosses to the Cleveland County line and enters Broad River. |
| Second Creek |
rises in W Randolph County and flows E into Uwharrie River. |
| Second Creek Bluff |
at the mouth of Second Creek in E Tyrrell County. |
| Second Creek Point |
E Tyrrell County, extends from the mainland into Alligator River near the mouth of Second Creek. |
| Second Falls |
the middle of a series of three waterfalls on Yellowstone Prong, S Haywood County. |
| Second Hurricane Branch |
rises in E Swain County and flows SW into Yalaka Creek. |
| Second Potts Creek |
rises in W Davidson County and flows S into High Rock Lake on Yadkin River. Appears on the Collet map, 1770, as Potts Creek. |
| Secotan |
an Indian village once located on the S side of Pamlico River in what is now E Beaufort County in the vicinity of Hobucken; visited by John White and other explorers based on Roanoke Island in the sixteenth century. The name meant "town at the bend of a river." Appears as Secoton on the White map, 1585; as Secota on the De Bry map, 1590; and as Secotan on the Velasco map, 1611. See also Seco. |
| Sedalia |
community in E Guilford County. The Alice Freeman Palmer Memorial Institute, a junior college and high school for African American women est. 1901, operated there until 1960s. Campus now a State Historic Site. |
