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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 |
|---|---|
| Dews Creek |
rises in E central Brunswick County and flows N into Town Creek. |
| Dews Island |
See Jews Quarter Island. |
| Dexter |
community in E Granville County served by post office, 1889-1907. |
| Dial |
community in W Cumberland County served by post office, 1882-1903. |
| Dial Creek |
rises in N Durham County and flows S into Flat River. |
| Diamond City |
former community near the E end of Shackleford Banks, S Carteret County. Named for the diamond-shaped design painted on the Cape Lookout Lighthouse. Site of whaling operations in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Several storms in the early twentieth century caused the residents to begin moving to Harkers Island, Morehead City, Beaufort, and elsewhere. |
| Diamond Creek |
rises in W Transylvania County and flows SE into North Fork French Broad River. |
| Diamond Grove |
community in N Northampton County. A post office operated there, 1827-36. |
| Diamond Hill |
community and former post office, 1837-1905, NW Anson County. So called simply as a "fancy name." |
| Diamond Shoals |
a series of three shoals extending SE from Cape Hatteras, which see, into the Atlantic Ocean off SE Dare County. Hatteras Shoals is nearest to the cape, Inner Diamond Shoal is in the middle, and Outer Diamond Shoal extends farthest into the Atlantic. The channel between Hatteras Shoals and Inner Diamond Shoal is Hatteras Slough; Diamond Slough is the channel between the two Diamond Shoals. There, warm Gulf Stream waters collide with cold arctic waters from the n, causing a constant turbulence in the Atlantic. Area known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic." Appears as Sholes of Hatteras on the Moll map, 1729. |
