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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 |
|---|---|
| Dutchman Ridge |
mountain peak on the Buncombe-McDowell county line. |
| Dutchmans Creek |
rises in W Montgomery County and flows SW into Island Creek. |
| Dutchmans Creek |
approx. 30 mi. long, rises in S Yadkin County and flows S into NE Iredell County and then SE across Davie County into Yadkin River near the Horseshoe. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. |
| Dutchmans Creek |
is formed in NE Gaston County by the junction of Leepers Creek and Killians Creek and flows SE into Catawba River. |
| Dutchville Township |
SW Granville County. A nineteenth-century post office in the SW part of the county was called Dutchville, and in 1790 there was a Dutch District that had 76 heads of families reported in the census for that year. |
| Dwight |
community in W Perquimans County served by post office, 1892-1904. |
| Dyeleaf Creek |
rises on the S side of Spring Mountain in NE Buncombe County and flows W through Laughter Cove into Cane Creek. Named for Sweet Leaf or Horse-sugar (Symplocos tinctoria), the leaves and bark of which yield a yellow dye. |
| Dyeleaf Mountain |
SE Buncombe County between Cane and Garren Creeks. |
| Dyer Knob |
W Watauga County N of Rush Branch and E of Beaverdam Creek. Alt. approx. 3,300. |
| Dykers Creek |
rises in W Davidson County and flows W into Yadkin River. |
