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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 |
|---|---|
| Evergreen Slough |
inlet into E end of Portsmouth Island on Pamlico Sound side, E Carteret County. |
| Everitts |
See Everetts. |
| Everittsville |
former community near Dudley in S Wayne County. Prior to the Civil War, a group of plantation owners built homes together there and went out daily to tend their nearby plantations. There were schools and churches and in 1851 a post office, but no stores or other businesses. Named for Joseph Everitt, early settler. Only a cemetery remains to mark the site. |
| Ewart |
community in N Mitchell County on Big Rock Creek. |
| Ewing |
community in W Wake County. |
| Exact |
community in E Mecklenburg County served by post office, 1898-1903. |
| Excelsior |
community in NW Brunswick County served by post office, 1881-1915. |
| Excelsior |
See Rutherford College. |
| Exeter |
former town in E Pender County on the E side of Northeast Cape Fear River on a high sandy bluff between Sand Hill Cove and Jumping Run. Flourished from about 1740 to 1790. Est. 1754 as New Exeter for Exeter, England, but it seems generally to have been known as Exeter. Appears on the Collet map, 1770, as Exeter. Began to decline as South Washington, which see, grew in importance after 1790 but appears on the Purcell map, 1792. Rutherfords Mill (later Ashe's Mill) was located nearby in the nineteenth century. In 1781, during the Revolution, British major Sir James Henry Craig constructed field fortifications there, which are still visible. Headquarters of the Holly Shelter State Game Management Area now occupy the site. |
| Exter |
community in central Bertie County served by post office, 1886-1905. |
