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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 |
|---|---|
| Durham Township |
central Durham County. |
| Durham's Creek |
community in central Beaufort County served by post office, 1839-1902. |
| Dusty Hill |
community in central Northampton County. |
| Dutch Buffalo Creek |
rises near Organ Church in SE Rowan County and flows SE through Cabarrus County into Rocky River. Named for the "Pennsylvania Dutch" (German, Deutsch) who settled there. See also Irish Buffalo Creek. |
| Dutch Cove |
E Haywood County on the head of Dutch Cove Creek. |
| Dutch Cove Creek |
rises in E Haywood County and flows NW into Hominy Creek. |
| Dutch Creek |
rises in SW Watauga County on N slope of Hanging Rock and flows NE into Watauga River. |
| Dutch Creek Falls |
SW Watauga County on Dutch Creek approx. ½ mi. upstream from the mouth of Pigeonroost Creek. Falls are 85 ft. high and make a perpendicular descent over moss- and lichen-covered rock. Also known as Marianna Falls. |
| Dutch District |
See Dutchville Township. |
| Dutch Second Creek |
See South Second Creek. |
