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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 |
|---|---|
| Fort Lane |
a Civil War fort, was located 3 mi. SE of New Bern in Craven County. |
| Fort Macon |
built 1826-34 on the E end of Bogue Banks, S Carteret County, to protect Beaufort Inlet. Replaced the earlier Fort Hampton and Fort Dobbs. Now a state park, est. 1924 on 390 acres. Historical museum maintained inside the brick fort; swimming, fishing, hiking, nature study. Site of Civil War battle. |
| Fort Macon Village |
part of the Cherry Point Housing Area in SE Craven County. See also Cherry Point. |
| Fort McFadden |
See Mountain Creek. |
| Fort McGaughey |
See Westminster. |
| Fort Raleigh |
NE shore of Roanoke Island, E Dare County. The remains of the earthen fort, constructed in 1585 by Ralph Lane's colony, were reconstructed in 1950 by the National Park Service after extensive archaeological study. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. The Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and the Waterside Theatre—at which Paul Green's symphonic drama, The Lost Colony, has been presented in the summer since 1937—are there. An Elizabethan Garden maintained by the Garden Club of North Carolina and a museum are also nearby. |
| Fort Rollins |
See Blowing Rock. |
| Fort Run |
stream, rises in W Greene County and flows NE into Contentnea Creek. Named because an early eighteenth-century Tuscarora Indian fort was located nearby. John Lawson was killed near the head of the stream in 1711. |
| Fort Shaw |
former fort on the beach of Oak Island in SE Brunswick County. Used to protect Confederate blockade-runners moving in close to shore. |
| Fort St. Philip |
See Brunswick. |
