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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 |
|---|---|
| Drum Hill |
community in N Gates County. Alt. 79. Settled about 1890. |
| Drum Inlet |
between Portsmouth Island on the NE and Core Banks on the SW in E Carteret County. Water from Pamlico and Core Sounds drains into the Atlantic Ocean through the inlet. Also known as Whalebone Inlet. Named for a species of fish. An inlet in the area appears on the De Graffenried map (French text), 1711, as Drum Passage. Another Drum Inlet appears on the Moseley map, 1733, now commonly referred to as Old Drum Inlet. The inlet shown on the Moseley map closed in the late eighteenth century. |
| Drum Passage |
See Drum Inlet. |
| Drum Point |
point on mainland of NE Carteret County extending into mouth of Nelson Bay. |
| Drummersville |
community in N Duplin County. |
| Drummond's Point |
SE tip of Chowan County extending into the mouth of Yeopim River. Named before 1700 for William Drummond (d. 1677), first governor of Albemarle under the Lords Proprietors. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733. Site of one of the largest early seine fisheries on Albemarle Sound. |
| Drums Crossroads |
See Drumsville. |
| Drumsville |
community in SE Catawba County, formerly Drums Crossroads. Alt. 946. |
| Dry Branch |
rises in E Mitchell County and flows S into Cane Creek. |
| Dry Creek |
rises in N Rockingham County and flows E into Cascade Creek. |
