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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 |
|---|---|
| Seven Paths |
community in E Franklin County. |
| Seven Sisters |
sand hills a short distance S of Nags Head on Bodie Island, E Dare County. |
| Seven Springs |
town in SE Wayne County on Neuse River. Inc. 1855 as Whitehall; reincorporated as White Hall, 1881; named for the plantation home of William Whitefield, who built there about 1741. Post office est. 1881 as Jericho; name changed to Seven Springs, 1894. Named for seven mineral springs, around which a resort operated from 1881 until 1944. The hotel and springhouse still stand. The Confederate ironclad Neuse was built there. A Civil War skirmish occurred there in December 1862. Alt. 75. |
| Seven Springs Gap |
W Graham County between Hooper Mill Creek and Wright Creek in Nantahala National Forest. Alt. approx. 3,700. |
| Sevenmile Creek |
rises in W Orange County and flows NE into Eno River W of town of Hillsborough. |
| Sevenmile Ridge |
E Yancey County, extends NE from Stones Knob to Crabtree Creek near Cox Knob. Alt. approx. 4,400. |
| Sevenmile Swamp |
rises in NW Sampson County and flows SE into Great Coharie Creek. |
| Seventy-First Township |
W Cumberland County. Named for the 71st Highland Scots Regiment. |
| Severn |
town in NE Northampton County served by post office, 1889-1939. Alt. 59. Settled about 1833 and known first as Meherrin for an Indian tribe that had lived in the vicinity. Inc. 1919. Named for Severn Ayers, a stockholder in the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. |
| Sevier |
community in N McDowell County on North Fork [Catawba River]. Served by post office, 1892-1903. Alt. 1,401. |
