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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 |
|---|---|
| Dryman Fork |
rises in S Macon County and flows NE into Coweeta Creek. |
| Dryman Mountain |
central Buncombe County NW of Asheville. |
| Drymans Branch |
rises in S Macon County and flows W into Middle Creek. |
| Drys Mill |
community in NE Cabarrus County. |
| Drysborough |
former town in central Craven County. Inc. 1806 and referred to in the session laws until as late as 1847. The site is now within the limits of New Bern and is the part of town that lies N of Queen Street. |
| Dryspring Branch |
rises in W Yancey County and flows NW into Banks Creek. |
| Drywells |
community in S Nash County served by post office, 1891-1904. |
| Duart |
community in NW Bladen County. |
| Dublin |
town in NW Bladen County. Alt. approx. 130. Inc. 1913. |
| Dublin Creek |
rises in W Carteret County and flows SW into White Oak River. |
