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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 |
|---|---|
| Cat Tail Creek |
rises in N Johnston County and flows SE into Little River. |
| Cataloochee |
community on Cataloochee Creek in W Haywood County. Now almost entirely in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Alt. 2,620. Population formerly around 250. Cataloochee is a corruption of the Indian word gad-a-lu-sti, a descriptive exclamation that means "standing in a row." It is what the Indians saw from Cove Creek Gap—timber standing up on the distant mountains near the head of the watershed. |
| Cataloochee Balsam |
mountain on the Haywood-Swain county line between Horse Creek Gap and Pauls Gap. Alt. 5,940. |
| Cataloochee Creek |
is formed in W Haywood County by the junction of Caldwell Fork and Palmer Creek. It flows SE and E into Waterville Lake on Pigeon River. |
| Cataloochee Divide |
W Haywood County, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, extending NE from Whim Knob. It forms the E boundary of the park for more than 10 mi. It also marks the Cataloochee Creek and Johnson Creek drainage line. |
| Cataloochee Township |
NE Haywood County. |
| Catawba |
town in E Catawba County on the Catawba River. Inc. 1893. Alt. 834. Post office first est. as Chestnut Grove in nearby Iredell County, but the name was changed to Catawba Station when it was moved to E Catawba County in 1859. Became Catawba in 1877. |
| Catawba County |
was formed in 1842 from Lincoln County. Located in the W central section of the state, it is bounded by Iredell, Lincoln, Burke, Caldwell, and Alexander Counties. It was named for the Catawba Indians, who once inhabited the region. Area: 412 sq. mi. County seat: Newton, with an elevation of 996 ft. Townships are Bandy, Caldwell, Catawba, Clines, Hickory, Jacobs Fork, Mountain Creek, and Newton. Produces wheat, oats, barley, hay, poultry, corn, cattle, hogs, hosiery, furniture, fiber-optic cable, textiles, electronics, fabricated metals, lumber, paper boxes, crushed stone, and brick. |
| Catawba Creek |
rises in central Gaston County within the limits of Gastonia and flows SE into South Carolina, where it enters the Catawba River near the state line. |
| Catawba Falls |
on the headwaters of Catawba River in SW McDowell County near Ridgecrest. Water falls in a continuous spray down five levels of rock. Sometimes called Rocky Glen for one of the upper falls where water plunges over a ledge 200 ft. high. |
