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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 |
|---|---|
| Fisherville |
community in S Forsyth County. |
| Fishhawk Mountain |
S Macon County between Little Fishhawk Mountain and Wolf Rock. Alt. 4,684. |
| Fishing Branch |
rises in N Person County and flows NW into Marlowe Creek. |
| Fishing Creek |
rises in E Granville County and flows S into Tar River. |
| Fishing Creek |
rises in NW New Hanover County and flows NE into Cape Fear River. See also Longs Island. |
| Fishing Creek |
rises in E Vance County and flows NE in Vance and Warren Counties and SE and S in Warren County to the Franklin-Warren, Halifax-Nash, and Halifax-Edgecombe county lines to a point approx. 7 mi. N of Tarboro. From there, it flows S to enter Tar River. It appears as Great Fishing Creek on the Moseley map, 1733, and on the Collet map, 1770. |
| Fishing Creek |
rises in S Wilkes County in the Brushy Mountains and flows NE into Yadkin River. |
| Fishing Creek District |
See Fishing Creek Township. |
| Fishing Creek Township |
E central Granville County. Fishing Creek District had 59 heads of families in 1790. |
| Fishing Creek Township |
SE Warren County. |
