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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 |
|---|---|
| Tiptop |
community in S Transylvania County served by post office, 1886-1904. |
| Titepano |
appears on White map, 1585, in what is now Currituck Sound, E Currituck County. The name may have applied to the sound and seems to have been tetep-anwi-wi (there is a swirling current; it swirls around). |
| Titus Point |
See Lenox Point. |
| Toast |
community in N Surry County. |
| Tobacco Branch |
rises in NE Graham County and flows NE into Wolf Creek. |
| Tobaccoville |
community in N Forsyth County. Post office est. 1879 and named for a chewing-tobacco factory built there. Alt. 994. |
| Tobermory |
community in NW Bladen County served by post office, 1917-25. Named for the village in W Scotland. |
| Tobie's Branch |
rises in NE Wilson County and flows SE into Town Creek. |
| Todd |
town on the Ashe-Watauga county line at the junction of Big Elk Creek with South Fork New River. Inc. 1915 in Ashe County, but that same year the county line was changed so that the town came to lie partially in Watauga County. No longer active in municipal affairs. A post office est. there as Elk Crossroads in 1837 but changed to Todd in 1894. Alt. approx. 3,000. |
| Todds Creek |
rises in S New Hanover County and flows SW into Cape Fear River. Called Motts Creek on a coastal survey map made in 1851-53. |
