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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 |
|---|---|
| Tartt Path |
pre-Civil War path still in use in E central Wilson County. It runs N from the community of Sun to the vicinity of modern N.C. Highway 42 E of Wilson. Enos Tartt operated Tartt's Mill on Bear Branch in the mid-nineteenth century. |
| Tate |
community in N Rutherford County on Second Broad River. |
| Tate Branch |
rises in NE Clay County and flows NE into Nantahala River. |
| Tate Gap |
E Clay County between the headwaters of Passmore Branch and Fishprong Branch. |
| Tate's Knob |
a small, sharp-top mountain in NE Caldwell County. Named for Andrew Tate, eighteenth-century settler. |
| Tater Hill |
in S Macon County between Poplar Cove and Rocky Knob. |
| Tater Hill Lake |
See Potato Hill Lake. |
| Tater Top Mountain |
in Morrow Mountain State Park, E Stanly County. |
| Tatham Creek |
rises in W Jackson County and flows NW into Savannah Creek. |
| Tatham Gap |
on the Cherokee-Graham county line in the Snowbird Mountains. Alt. 3,500-3,639. |
