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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 |
|---|---|
| Allens Creek |
rises in E Haywood County and flows NW into Pigeon River. Named for Allen family, pioneer settlers in Haywood County, approx. 1812. |
| Allens Level |
community in S Person County. |
| Allensville |
community in E Person County. Formerly known as Trilby. |
| Allensville Township |
E central Person County. |
| Allenton |
community in E Robeson County. Alt. 131. Settled about 1868. Named for W. H. Allen, trainmaster. Bear Bay, post office 1 mi. e, abandoned with the development of Allenton. |
| Allenton |
former town in SE Stanly County on Pee Dee River. Laid off in 1-acre lots on an 85-acre tract on the lands of William and James Allen and John Davison in 1799. A post office operated there from 1813 to 1831; Allenton ferry operated there into the twentieth century. Site now under waters of Lake Tillery. |
| Allents Cove Branch |
rises in E Transylvania County and flows N into Crab Creek. |
| Alliance |
community in N Pamlico County, in the center of an area that produces potatoes and tobacco. Settled in the 1890s and named for the Farmers’ Alliance movement. Former railroad station there was known as West Alliance. |
| Alliby Creek |
See Ellerbee Creek. |
| Alligator |
farming and grazing community in NE Tyrrell County on the Big Savanna near Alligator Creek. |
