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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 |
|---|---|
| Browning Peak |
See Black Mountain (Jackson-Haywood county line). |
| Browns Creek |
rises in E Yancey County and flows E into South Toe River. |
| Browns Ford |
in Yadkin River, SW Wilkes County. Named for Capt. John Brown, Revolutionary War soldier, who lived nearby and in whose home the first county government was organized in 1778. A bridge was built there after 1900, later replaced by a modern highway bridge. |
| Browns Inlet |
SE Onslow County between the N end of Onslow Beach and Bear Inlet. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733. |
| Browns Knob |
SW Buncombe County between Billy Cove and Sheep Rock. Alt. 3,760. |
| Browns Landing |
U.S. Lock Number 2 on Cape Fear River in central Bladen County. |
| Browns Mill Creek |
ises in S Transylvania County and flows NE into French Broad River. |
| Browns Mountain |
SW Wilkes County between Yadkin River and Long Fork of Beaver Creek. Named for James Brown, eighteenth-century resident who lived at its foot. Alt. 2,075. Joins Jerry Mountain in NE Caldwell County. |
| Browns Siding |
See Vaughan. |
| Browns Summit |
community in N Guilford County. Alt. 805. Land there acquired by Jesse Brown, 1858. Named for him in 1863 when Richmond and Danville Railroad was built; the Brown farm was the highest point on the line. Also called Brown Summit. |
