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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 |
|---|---|
| Dunlap's Mill |
See Bonlee. |
| Dunmoor Branch |
rises in E central Bertie County and flows N into Cricket Swamp. |
| Dunn |
town in SE Harnett County. First known as Tearshirt and later as Lucknow. Renamed Dunn in 1886 for Bennett R. Dunn, construction engineer of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Inc. 1887. Produces apparel, canned foods, lumber, and candy. Alt. 214. |
| Dunn Creek |
rises in S Transylvania County and flows NW into French Broad River. |
| Dunn Mountain |
S Rowan County S of Crane Creek and NE of the town of Granite Quarry. Alt. approx. 1,000. Named for John Dunn, early attorney and clerk of Rowan County court. |
| Dunn Swamp |
rises in NW Columbus County and flows NW into Porter Swamp. |
| Dunn Township |
former township in SE Franklin County, now township no. 1. |
| Dunns Creek |
rises near Brushy Mountain in W Transylvania County and flows NE into Catheys Creek. |
| Dunns Rock |
peak in NE Transylvania County S of French Broad River. |
| Dunns Rock Township |
SE Transylvania County. |
