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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 |
|---|---|
| Frozenhead Ridge |
W Watauga County, extends SE from the head of East Fork [Cove Creek] to Cove Creek, S of George Gap Branch. |
| Fruit Ridge |
community in central Columbus County between Whiteville and Chadbourn. |
| Fruitland |
community in N Henderson County on Kyles Creek. Named for large quantity of apples traditionally produced in the vicinity. Site of Fruitland Baptist Institute, training ground for Baptist ministers. |
| Fruitville Township |
NE Currituck County. |
| Fry |
former community in W Swain County on Nantahala River. Site now under the waters of Fontana Lake. |
| Fry Mountain |
in E Swain County at the NE end of Buckhorn Ridge. |
| Fryes Creek |
rises in N Davidson County and flows NW into Muddy Creek. Appears on the Collet map, 1770, as Fray Creek. |
| Frying Pan Creek |
a bay on the N side of Pamlico River, E Beaufort County. |
| Frying Pan Landing |
E Tyrrell County on The Frying Pan. |
| Frying Pan Shoals |
in the Atlantic Ocean immediately off Cape Fear, the S tip of New Hanover County. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. |
