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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 |
|---|---|
| Freemans Creek |
rises in E Onslow County and flows NE into White Oak River. |
| Freemans Township |
See Youngsville Township. |
| Freemason Creek |
rises in S Caldwell and flows S into Catawba River. |
| Fremont |
town in N Wayne County. Inc. 1867 as Nahunta; name changed, 1869. Settled prior to 1830 and known as Narhantes and Torhunta. Named Fremont in honor of Col. S. L. Fremont, chief engineer of Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. Birthplace of Gov. Charles B. Aycock (1859-1912), 1 mi. s, has been restored as a State Historic Site. Alt. 152. |
| French Branch |
rises in central Jones County and flows N into Trent River. |
| French Broad River |
is formed in S Transylvania County near Rosman by the junction of North Fork and West Fork. It flows NE in Transylvania and into Henderson County, where it turns NW to flow through Buncombe and Madison Counties into Tennessee. From the state line, it flows W 102 mi. to join Holston River near Knoxville to form Tennessee River. One of the Cherokee names was Tah-keeos-tee (racing waters). Others, frequently for only a part of the river, were Poe-li-co, Agiqua, and Zillicoah. Known by the English at first as Broad River and appears as such on the De Brahm manuscript map of Indian Nations in the Southern Department, 1766. By 1776 the present name was in use. Named because much of the territory that it drained W of the Blue Ridge was held by the French in the eighteenth century. |
| French Broad Township |
NW Buncombe County. |
| Frenchmans Creek |
See Frenchs Creek. |
| Frenchs Creek |
rises in SE Bladen County and flows S into Cape Fear River. |
| Frenchs Creek Township |
SE Bladen County. |
