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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 |
|---|---|
| Cyprett's Bridge |
former bridge over New Hope Creek in NE Chatham County on the road from New Bern by Raleigh to Pittsboro. Also spelled Ceputt's, Cipritz, Cyprits, Cypretz. It was selected in 1793 from seven suggested sites within 15 mi. of which the University of North Carolina was to be located. Later called Prince's Bridge, which see. |
| Cyrus |
community in W Onslow County on Harris Creek. |
| Da-loh-no-geh |
See Yellow Mountain. |
| Da-tsu-la-gun-yi |
See Cold Mountain. |
| Dabbs |
community in S central Caswell County. |
| Dabney |
community in W Vance County. Named for local store operator. |
| Dabney Township |
W Vance County. |
| Dads Top |
mountain peak N of Twelve O'clock Top on the Buncombe-Haywood county line. |
| Dailys Creek |
rises in W Lenoir County and flows NE into Neuse River. Probably named for John Dailey, who settled there about 1800. |
| Dairy Branch |
flows SW thorough Mecklenburg County into Little Sugar Creek. |
