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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 |
|---|---|
| Society Parish |
Church of England, Bertie County, est. with the formation of the county in 1722 and coextensive with it. Named for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. Previously the territory had been in SouthWest Parish, Chowan County, est. 1715. The parish had 930 white taxable inhabitants in 1767, described as "capable to maintain & willing to receive a Minister." Divided in 1727 to form Northwest Parish, which became Northampton County in 1741. The church for Society Parish was in the Merry Hill section of the county on Duckenfield land. |
| Soco Bald |
on the Jackson-Swain county line near the head of Madcap Branch. |
| Soco Creek |
rises near Soco Gap, W Haywood County, and flows NE into Jonathans Creek. |
| Soco Falls |
on Soco Creek, W Haywood County. Water falls in a double stream over a series of rocky ledges for about 60 ft. into a cuplike basin. Said to have been named by the Cherokees for their word Sog-wah (one). |
| Soco Gap |
on the Haywood-Jackson county line. Alt. 4,344. The most important passageway through Balsam Mountain for the Indians before the arrival of Europeans. |
| Soco Ridge |
S Macon County between North Fork Coweeta Creek and the head of Hoglot Branch. |
| Soda Hill |
community in NE Watauga County. |
| Sodom |
community in N Madison County served by post office, 1898-1901. Laurel River and its tributaries drain the area. Local legend is that, after Presbyterian missionaries visited, name was changed to Revere, which see. |
| Sodom Branch |
rises in NW Madison County near Sodom Mountain and flows N into Big Laurel Creek. |
| Sodom Hollow |
central Buncombe County, the valley through which French Broad River flows NW of Asheville toward Dryman Mountain. Named by an early circuit rider, who compared the rough pioneers living there with the inhabitants of the biblical Sodom and Gomorrah. |
