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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.
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 |
|---|---|
| Elrod |
community in W Robeson County. |
| Elrod Branch |
rises in S Watauga County and flows NW into Middle Fork [South Fork New River]. |
| Elroy Store |
community in E Wayne County near the head of Walnut Creek. |
| Elsworth Creek |
rises in E Davie County and flows SW into Dutchmans Creek. |
| Elwell Ferry |
across Cape Fear River in SE Bladen County. |
| Emaline Gap |
S Macon County between Everett Mountain and Brush Creek. |
| Emandell |
community in SW Washington County W of Van Swamp. Since the 1950s the name has not generally appeared on maps of the county. |
| Emanuel |
community in E Caldwell County served by post office, 1880-1902. |
| Embro |
community in central Warren County N of Reedy Creek. A post office est. there in 1889 was discontinued in 1921. |
| Emerald Isle |
town on Bogue Banks, SE Carteret County. Inc. 1957. A resort town located on the Atlantic Ocean. |
