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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 |
|---|---|
| Tottering Bridge |
W central Washington County over Skinner Canal near the community of Basnight. Known by the name as early as 1868. |
| Tough Ridge |
W Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a spur extending NW from Cataloochee Divide; center near lat. 35°35'05" N., long. 83°05'54" W., between Clontz Branch and McKee Branch. |
| Tow String Creek |
rises in NE Swain County and flows SW into Oconaluftee River. Named because an old woman who lived on the creek made tow strings for the settlers. |
| Tower Hill |
former plantation of Governor Arthur Dobbs in what is now NE Lenoir County. He purchased 850 acres there in 1755 as a possible site for a provincial capital. By an act of the Assembly in 1758, the site was purchased for a capital to be named George City in honor of King George II. The capital was not approved by authorities in London, and the property eventually was sold by the state in 1799. Tower Hill appears on the Collet map, 1770. The name apparently originated because an "old redoubt tower" remained there from a fort constructed during the Tuscarora War, 1711-13. See also George City. |
| Tower Hill Branch |
rises in NE Lenoir County near Georgetown and flows N into Jericho Run. |
| Town Branch |
rises in NE Buncombe County and flows SW into Dillingham Creek. |
| Town Creek |
is formed in E central Brunswick County by the junction of Rattlesnake Branch and Lewis Swamp and flows SE into Cape Fear River just above Campbell Island. Named Indian Creek by William Hilton in 1663 but appears as Old Town Creek on the Moseley map, 1733. See also Charles Town. |
| Town Creek Indian Mound |
State Historic Site, S Montgomery County. Area: 53 acres. Est. 1937. Contains excavated and restored Indian mound dating from early sixteenth century and a museum. |
| Town Creek Township |
central Brunswick County. |
| Town Fork Creek |
rises in W Stokes County and flows SE and then NE across the S part of the county, entering Forsyth County for a short distance and then flowing into Dan River. The headwaters are labeled Slek Creek on the Collet map, 1770, and the lower course simply Town Fork. An iron forge was operated along the banks of the creek by 1796. |
