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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 |
|---|---|
| Triangle |
community in E Lincoln County served by post office, 1878-1903. Settled 1902. Named for triangle formed by roads at the site. |
| Triangle Township |
SE Durham County. Named for Research Triangle Park, which see. |
| Trickum Creek |
rises in N Forsyth County and flows N into Buffalo Creek. |
| Tricorner Knob |
on the line separating Haywood and Swain Counties in North Carolina from Sevier County in Tennessee. Alt. more than 6,100. Named for its location at the coincidence of three counties. |
| Trilby |
See Allensville. |
| Trim Cove |
NE Cherokee County, through which an unnamed stream flows SE into Valley River. |
| Trimont Branch |
rises in central Macon County and flows SE into Wallace Branch. |
| Trimont Mountain |
central Macon County at the head of Jacob Branch. Alt. approx. 3,700. |
| Trimont Ridge |
extends from White Oak Ridge in W Macon County to Jacob Branch in central Macon County. |
| Trinity |
town in NW Randolph County. Union Institute, a school, was est. there in 1838. Located midway between the neighborhoods of Hopewell on the S and Springfield on the n, it took its name from the fact that it was expected to serve to unite the two. Twelve years later the school was reorganized as Trinity College, and the town took its name from the college. Inc. 1869. In 1892 the college moved to Durham, becoming Duke University in 1924. |
