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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 |
|---|---|
| Day Book |
community in NE Yancey County on Jacks Creek. Alt. 2,350. Post office est. about 1815 and named for a book in which names were recorded of settlers moving west. Another version of the traditional origin of the name is that it came from a time book kept for employees of a local lumber company. |
| Day's Gap |
See Hugh Day's Gap. |
| Daylo |
community in NW Wilkes County on Middle Fork Reddies River. Est. 1924 by E. N. Vannoy, a merchant, and named for a brand of flashlights that he sold. |
| Days Creek |
rises in S Watauga County and flows NW into East Fork [South Fork New River]. |
| Days Crossroads |
community in N Halifax County. |
| Daystrom |
community in W Robeson County. Alt. 179. Known first as Alma for the Alma Lumber Company, which operated there. Name changed about 1950 when Daystrom Laminates, a furniture manufacturer, began operations there. |
| Dayton |
community in SE Durham County served by post office, 1881-1905. |
| De Armond Bald |
mountain in NW Swain County on Jenkins Trail Ridge in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Alt. 5,100. |
| De Armond Ridge |
NW Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains, a short spur extending SW from De Armond Bald on Jenkins Trail Ridge. |
| De Hart Bald |
in S Swain County on the head of Licklog Creek. |
