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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 |
|---|---|
| Red Hill Swamp |
the lower course of Brown Marsh Swamp, which see. The name is applied at the Bladen-Columbus county line, and it flows S across Columbus County. At the junction with Western Prong, the name is changed to White Marsh, which see. |
| Red Hill Township |
W central Mitchell County. |
| Red Horse Creek |
See Worley Cove Branch. |
| Red House |
community in NE Caswell County. Post office, 1806-49. Named for Red House Presbyterian Church, where Rev. Hugh McAden, eighteenth-century missionary, preached and is buried. |
| Red Log Gap |
N Cherokee County at the SW end of State Ridge. Alt. 3,697. |
| Red Marble Gap |
NE Cherokee County. Alt. 2,750. See also Topton. |
| Red Mountain |
N Durham County. |
| Red Oak |
town in N Nash County. Settled about 1880 and named for a grove of red oaks at the site. Inc. 1961. Alt. 225. |
| Red Oak Cove |
NW Haywood County on the head of Low Gap Branch in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. |
| Red Oak Knob |
N Buncombe County near the Madison County line. |
