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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 |
|---|---|
| Cedar Bay |
off the SW shore of Roanoke Island, E Dare County, in the waters of Croatan Sound. |
| Cedar Bay Point |
a point on the S shore of the Neuse River about 4 mi. upstream from its mouth and N of the entrance to Cedar Bay in NE Carteret County. |
| Cedar Branch |
rises in central Columbus County and flows E into Soules Swamp. |
| Cedar Cliff |
peak in the Great Craggy Mountains, NE Buncombe County, between Eagle Rock Cove and Wolf Branch. Alt. 4,400. |
| Cedar Cliff Knob |
NE Buncombe County W of Sheepwallow Knob. |
| Cedar Cliff Lake |
central Jackson County on Tuckasegee River, 14 mi. S of Sylva. Covers 121 acres; max. depth 150 ft. Dam constructed 1952; used to generate hydroelectric power for Nantahala Power and Light Company. Named for Cedar Cliff Mountain at the upper end of the lake. Alt. 2,330. |
| Cedar Cliff Mountain |
on Buncombe-Rutherford county line between Harris View and Cedar Knob. Alt. 3,829. |
| Cedar Cliff Ridge |
NE Macon County parallel to Huckleberry Creek. |
| Cedar Cliffs |
at the S end of Cullowhee Mountain in W Jackson County. |
| Cedar Cove |
W Graham County between Cedar Top and Santeetlah Creek. |
