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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 |
|---|---|
| Enfield Township |
S Halifax County. |
| Engagement Hill |
a sand hill between the ocean and sound in Nags Head, E Dare County, now covered by houses. A favorite spot for visits by young couples in former days. |
| Engelhard |
community in E Hyde County on Far Creek. Alt. 2. Inc. 1874; charter revoked 1967. Named for Joseph A. Engelhard (1832-79), publisher of the Wilmington Daily Journal, 1861-70. Known earlier as Far Creek. |
| Engine Gap |
NE Mitchell County near the Tennessee state line. |
| English |
community in E Madison County at the head of Puncheon Fork Creek. Named for an early settler. |
| English Branch |
rises near Chalk Mountain in S Mitchell County and flows SE into North Toe River. Named for Isaac English, an early settler. |
| English Knob |
E Mitchell County between Beaver Creek and Gouges Creek. |
| English Town |
community in N Pender County. |
| Enka |
community in central Buncombe County. Alt. 2,060. Home of the American Enka Corporation, est. 1929. The name is from the letters N and K taken from the firm's official name: Nederlandsche Kunstzyde Fabricken. Produces textiles and chemicals. |
| Enka Lake |
central Buncombe County on Bill Moore Creek. Covers 40 acres; max. depth 40 ft. Owned by American Enka Corp. as a source of water for rayon manufacturing. Formed 1928. |
