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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 |
|---|---|
| Fall Creek |
rises in E Haywood County and flows SW into Crabtree Creek. |
| Fall Creek Township |
NE Yadkin County. |
| Fall Line |
the dividing line between Coastal Plain and Piedmont North Carolina where the soft sedimentary soils of the Coastal Plain meet the hard rocks of the Piedmont. It often is marked in streams by falls and rapids. The fall line runs W of Wilson and E of Sanford in an irregular progression N and s. |
| Fall Ridge |
S Watauga County, extends S in Watauga Township and causes a bend in Boone Fork. |
| Fallcliff |
community in W Jackson County on Cullowhee Creek. |
| Falling Branch |
rises in N Franklin County and flows SW into Tooles Creek. |
| Falling Creek |
See Thoroughfare Swamp. |
| Falling Creek |
community in N Lenoir County on the stream of the same name. The Croom family operated a store there early in the nineteenth century, and it was the site of a free public school in 1840. |
| Falling Creek |
rises in NE Sampson County and flows NE into W Wayne County, where it enters Beaverdam Creek. See also Thoroughfare Swamp. |
| Falling Creek |
rises in E Richmond County and flows W into Hitchcock Creek. |
