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This content is from the North Carolina Gazetteer, edited by William S. Powell and Michael Hill. Copyright © 2010 by the University of North Carolina Press. Used by permission of the publisher. For personal use and not for further distribution. Please submit permission requests for other use directly to the publisher.
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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 |
|---|---|
| Black River |
See Ivanhoe. |
| Black River |
is formed in S Sampson County by the junction of Six Runs Creek and Coharie River. It flows S on the Bladen-Sampson county line, the Bladen-Pender county line, and into W Pender County, where it turns SE to flow into Cape Fear River at the New Hanover County line. Approx. 30 mi. long. Appears as Black or Swampy River on the Moseley map, 1733. |
| Black River |
rises in N Harnett County and flows SE across the county into E Cumberland County, where, at the Cumberland-Sampson county line, it joins East Mingo Branch in forming South River. |
| Black River Chapel |
See Delta. |
| Black River Township |
NE Harnett County. |
| Black River Township |
NE Cumberland County. |
| Black Rock |
community and fishery in E Bertie County. Site of Black Rock plantation, home of Thomas Pollock Jr. |
| Black Rock |
a peak in SE Jackson County between Rye Mountain and Little Green Mountain. Alt. 4,500. |
| Black Swamp |
rises in N Nash County and flows SE into Beaverdam Swamp. |
| Black Swamp |
W Pitt County, drains SE into Little Contentnea Creek. |
