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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 |
|---|---|
| Catawba River |
rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains in SW McDowell County near the Buncombe-McDowell county line. It flows NE through McDowell and E through Burke County; forms successively the Caldwell-Catawba, Alexander-Catawba, Iredell-Catawba, Iredell-Lincoln, Mecklenburg-Lincoln, and Mecklenburg-Gaston county lines. It enters South Carolina W of Charlotte and flows S to join Big Wateree Creek in Wateree Pond to form the Wateree River about 20 mi. above Camden. From its headwaters to the South Carolina line, it flows approx. 150 mi. Catawba was an Indian word that may have meant "people of the river banks" or "people of the river [Catawba] with broken banks." For some of the named fords across the river, see also Beattie's, Cowan's, Island, Sherrills, Tools, and Tuckasege. |
| Catawba Springs |
popular pre-Civil War resort on Killian Creek, E Lincoln County. Owned by Capt. John Reid, Revolutionary soldier, and known first as Reid's Springs. |
| Catawba Springs |
community in N Catawba County. Former resort, popular in late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Est. as Elliott Springs on June 10, 1859, and became White Sulphur Springs on August 1, 1860. The Sparkling Catawba Springs Company was inc. in 1869 to erect buildings and open and maintain the mineral springs. Became Sparkling Catawba Springs in 1877. |
| Catawba Springs Township |
E Lincoln County. |
| Catawba Station |
See Catawba. |
| Catawba Township |
E Catawba County. Name changed in 1879 from Hamilton Township. |
| Catawba Vale |
See Old Fort. |
| Catechna |
See Snow Hill. |
| Cateechee Branch |
rises in E central Transylvania County and flows SE into French Broad River. |
| Caterpillar Creek |
rises in SE Alamance County and flows SE into Orange County, where it enters Cane Creek. |
