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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 |
|---|---|
| George |
community in E Northampton County, approx. 1 mi. SW of Woodland. Named for a local citizen, George Harrison Parker. Former post office was George; railroad station was Woodland Station. |
| George Branch |
rises on the Buncombe-Haywood county line near Grassy Top and flows SE into Hominy Creek. |
| George City |
proposed provincial capital in what is now NE Lenoir County near Kinston. Authorized to be laid out in 1758 at Tower Hill, which see, but its establishment was not approved by officials in London. The name was intended to honor King George II. |
| George Creek |
rises in S Cherokee County and flows NE into Martin Creek. |
| George Fork |
rises in E Yancey County and flows N into Little Crabtree Creek. |
| George Gap |
W Watauga County on the head of George Gap Branch. |
| George Gap Branch |
rises in W Watauga County and flows SE into Cove Creek. |
| George Ira Creek |
rises in W Haywood County and flows NE into Woody Creek. |
| George Martin Branch |
rises in E Cherokee County and flows NW into Valley River. |
| George Orr Mountain |
E Transylvania County, extends NE from the head of Boylston Creek to Bryson Creek. Named for first clerk of court in Transylvania County. |
