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Some place names included in The North Carolina Gazetteer contain terms that are considered offensive.
"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 |
|---|---|
| Avery Creek Township |
SW Buncombe County. |
| Averys Bald |
See Big Yellow Mountain. |
| Avilla |
community in W Alexander County on Middle Little River. Served by post office from 1888 to 1906. |
| Avoca |
community in E Bertie County on the site of Avoca Plantation, part of the eighteenth-century Nathanael Duckenfield estate. Name comes from the phrase "sweet vale of Avoca" in Thomas Moore's poem "The Meeting of the Waters." See also Black Walnut Point. |
| Avon |
community on Hatteras Island, SE Dare County. Post office est. in 1873 as Kinnakeet. Post office renamed Avon in 1883. Alt. 3. |
| Avondale |
community in SE Rutherford County on Second Broad River between the communities of Caroleen on the N and Henrietta on the s. |
| Axe Ridge |
in S Graham County, extends N from Panther Cove to Little Snowbird Creek. |
| Axtell |
community in W Warren County between Long Branch and Phoebes Creek. Alt. 400. Settled during the Revolutionary War and first named Old Shatter, a corruption of Chateau. Shatter Muster Ground, used during the Civil War, was located there. The post office that was located there from 1885 until 1889 was named Shatter. Name changed to Axtell in 1890 for noted race horse. |
| Aycock |
community in N Wayne County and S Wilson County between Great Swamp and Aycock Swamp. |
| Aycock Creek |
rises in S Granville County and flows NE into Tar River. |
