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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 |
|---|---|
| Floral College |
community in NW Robeson County. Alt. 193. Named for a woman's college that operated there, 1841-78. One of the earliest colleges for women in the South, it was named for the wildflowers growing in profusion in the area. |
| Florence |
community in SW Guilford County near present-day Jamestown. Florence Female Seminary was there. |
| Florian |
community in central Anson County served by post office, 1893-1904. |
| Flounder Slue Rock |
two small islands in Pamlico Sound, NE Carteret County N of Portsmouth Island. In 1795 the islands were called Flounder Rocks. |
| Flower Cove |
S Swain County on the head of Marr Branch. |
| Flower Gap |
S Haywood County between Nigger Spring and Dina Branch. |
| Flower Hill |
worn-down remains of an ancient mountain, N Johnston County between Emit and Moccasin Creek. Rhododendron flourishes there. |
| Flower Knob |
S Haywood County on the head of Little East Fork Pigeon River. |
| Flowers Gap |
at the head of Coon Creek in E Macon County. |
| Flowers Swamp |
rises in E Robeson County and flows SW into Lumber River. |
