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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 |
|---|---|
| Tharp Mountain |
NE Buncombe County between Martin and North Fork Ivy Creeks. |
| Thatches Hole |
See Teaches Hole. |
| Thaxton |
community in NW Ashe County. Alt. approx. 3,700. |
| Thelma |
community in NW Halifax County near Roanoke River and S of the site of the old town of Gaston, which see. The town of South Gaston, which see, was chartered in 1895, but the charter was repealed in 1907. Alt. 224. |
| Theoff Point |
projection from S Bodie Island into Roanoke Sound, E Dare County approx. ½ mi. N of Cedar Island. |
| Thermal Belt |
(also called Isothermal Belt), verdant zone largely in Polk and Rutherford Counties—though to a lesser extent also in Caldwell, Mitchell, and other mountain counties—in which on certain cool nights, the temperature may be 20° or more higher on the slope of a mountain than at the base. In these areas, fruit growing is a successful undertaking, and at Tryon (Polk County) the thermal belt has contributed to resort prosperity. The thermal belt was first described by Silas McDowell in 1858. |
| Thermal City |
community in N Rutherford County on Second Broad River. A post office est. there in 1888 was named Pescud; name changed to Thermal City for the Thermal Belt, which see, in 1891. Post office discontinued 1926. |
| Thermo Knob |
W Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Balsam Mountain near lat. 35°41'39" N., long. 83°13'34" W. Alt. 6,120. Formerly known as Thermometer Knob. |
| Theta |
community in NE Madison County served by post office, 1886-1900. |
| Thicket Branch |
rises in NE Swain County and flows SW into Right Fork [Raven Fork]. |
