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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 |
|---|---|
| Denmark |
community in central Buncombe County served by post office, 1890-1902. |
| Denneysville |
See New Castle. |
| Dennis |
community in N Polk County. |
| Dennis Creek |
rises in S Watauga County and flows SE into Caldwell County. |
| Dennis Crossroads |
community in W Wake County between Jim Branch and Buckhorn Creek. |
| Dennis Mountain |
W Montgomery County between Walker Mountain and Dutchmans Creek. |
| Denniss Island |
formerly an island in present Currituck Banks, E Currituck County. It was separated from Currituck Banks by Currituck Inlet on the N and Musketo Inlet on the s, both of which are now closed. Shown on Comberford map, 1657. See also Currituck Inlet; Musketo Inlet. |
| Denny |
community in W Wilkes County on Elk Creek. Named in the early twentieth century for John A. Denny, a local citizen. |
| Dennys Store |
community in E Person County. |
| Denson Creek |
rises in N Montgomery County and flows SE into Little River. |
