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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 |
|---|---|
| Crab Island |
in swampy area of S Currituck County between Sligo and Shawboro. Used by local Confederates under Capt. Caleb Grandy. Target of Union troops under Gen. Edward Wild, 1863. |
| Crab Orchard Fields |
an open section in E Haywood County between Crabtree Bald and Gudger Knob. |
| Crab Orchard Township |
former township in E central Mecklenburg County, now township no. 7. |
| Crab Point |
a point of the mainland in central Carteret County extending into waters of Newport River. |
| Crab Point Bay |
in Newport River, Carteret County, near mouth of Calico Creek N of Morehead City. |
| Crab Point Thorofare |
a channel running between Newport Marshes and the mainland in central Carteret County. |
| Craborchard Creek |
rises in SW Watauga County near Avery county line and flows E into Dutch Creek. Also known as Orchard Creek. |
| Crabtree |
community in E Haywood County. Alt. 2,659. Settled about 1809. Named for the creek. |
| Crabtree Bald |
E Haywood County at SW end of Crab Orchard Fields. Alt. 5,320-5,360. |
| Crabtree Creek |
rises in N Franklin County and flows NE into Richland Creek. |
