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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 |
|---|---|
| Toisnot Swamp |
rises in S Nash County and flows SE into N Wilson County. It flows across the county and enters Contentnea Creek in S Wilson County. The name Toisnot is from the Iroquoian language base of the Tuscarora tosneoc, meaning "close to two rivers." The name is properly applied not to a single village but to around a dozen different sites occupied by the Tuscarora in what is now E Wilson County. Until about the 1850s, the name was spelled Tosneot and appears that way in local records dating from 1741 and on the Collet map, 1770. |
| Toisnot Township |
N Wilson County. |
| Tokay |
community just outside the N limits of the city of Fayetteville, central Cumberland County. |
| Tolar Landing |
United States Lock Number 3, on Cape Fear River in NW Bladen County. |
| Tolarsville |
community in E Robeson County served by post office, 1876-1911. |
| Toledo |
community in NE Yancey County served by post office, 1905-54. |
| Tolers |
community in W Orange County served by post office, 1890-1905. |
| Toliver |
community in SW Ashe County served by post office, 1902-53. |
| Toluca |
community in NE Cleveland County at the Lincoln County line. |
| Tom Branch |
rises in NE Cherokee County and flows NE into Taylor Creek. |
