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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 |
|---|---|
| Toxaway Falls |
SW Transylvania County on Tox-away River S of community of Lake Toxaway. The falls, which cascade 123 ft., are crossed by a highway bridge. |
| Toxaway Mountain |
on the Jackson-Transylvania county line N of Horsepasture River. |
| Toxaway River |
rises in SW Transylvania County and flows N for a short distance then SE and SW into South Carolina, where it joins Whitewater River in forming Keowee River. The name is derived from the Cherokee word Tor-tzoo-whah (redbird). |
| Tracadia |
See Baltimore. |
| Trace Branch |
rises in N Jones County and flows S into Beaver Creek. |
| Trace Ridge |
extends SE from Beaverdam Gap in NW Henderson County to the junction of Wash Creek and North Fork Mills River. |
| Tracey Swamp |
rises in N Jones County and flows N along the Craven-Lenoir county line into Neuse River. See also Gum Swamp. |
| Tracy |
community in N Watauga County on North Fork New River. |
| Tracy Grove |
community in E Henderson County. |
| Trading Ford |
former ford across the Yadkin River, Rowan and Davidson Counties. The E end of Big Island was one terminus of the ford. In 1701 John Lawson visited the site, which was on a trading path maintained by Indians across central North Carolina. Gen. Nathanael Greene's American army made a crossing there, February 1, 1781, when almost caught by Cornwallis. High water prevented the British from overtaking the exhausted Americans. A Confederate fort and earth-works nearby protected the railroad and a toll bridge during the Civil War. |
