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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 |
|---|---|
| Ephraim Hensley Mountain |
N Madison County between Rick Branch and Big Creek. |
| Ephraim Place |
mountain on the Mitchell County, N.C.-Unicoi County, Tenn., line. |
| Epping Forest |
an eighteenth-century community and census district in SW Vance County. The community was located near the present town of Kittrell. In 1790 the district had 65 heads of families. |
| Epps Springs |
community in central Swain County on Tuckasegee River. Alt. 1,662. |
| Epsom |
community in E Vance County and N Franklin County. Known as Dukes Crossroads in 1881. When a post office was est. there in 1887, the name Duke was rejected because there was another post office by that name. According to tradition, the present name was suggested by Dr. Bennett P. Alston, who noticed a stock of Epsom salts in the local store. |
| Epworth |
community in N Edgecombe County served by post office, 1893-1907. |
| Equality |
community in SW Mecklenburg County served by post office, 1836-46. Later known as Dixie, which see. |
| Erastus |
community in W Jackson County on Little Piney Creek. |
| Erect |
community in SE Randolph County. Name suggested to Post Office Department in 1873 by C. M. Tysor, local merchant, to compliment the posture of his neighbor, Tom Bray. |
| Erie Mills |
community in SW Montgomery County served by post office, 1879-1905. |
