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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.
Some place names included in The North Carolina Gazetteer contain terms that are considered offensive.
"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 |
|---|---|
| Chestnut Ridge |
NW McDowell County between Threemile and Cox Creeks. |
| Chestnut Ridge |
NE Mitchell County between Feeding Ridge and Bearpen Creek. |
| Chestnut Ridge |
SW Macon County between Little Lyman Branch and Devils Prong. |
| Chestnut Ridge |
E Jackson County between Rough Fork Creek and Piney Mountain Creek. |
| Chestnut Ridge Creek |
rises in E Jackson County and flows SW into Piney Mountain Creek. |
| Chestnut Stamp Knob |
N Clay County at the NE end of Evans Ridge. |
| Chestnut Top |
on Buncombe-Henderson county line. Alt. 3,069. |
| Chestnutwood Ridge |
W Avery County. |
| Chetola Lake |
S Watauga County on Middle Fork [South Fork New River] N of town of Blowing Rock. Formed by a dam constructed in 1920; also fed by Stringfellow Branch. Covers 15 acres, with a max. depth of 20 ft. |
| Chicamacomico |
the name given to three communities on N part of Outer Banks, E Dare County, S of Pea Island: formerly North Rodanthe, South Rodanthe, and Clarks, now known as Rodanthe, Waves, and Salvo. |
