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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 |
|---|---|
| Indian Town Creek |
See Dillard Creek. |
| Indian Trading Path |
See Trading Path. |
| Indian Trail |
town in W Union County. Inc. 1907. Located between heads of North Fork Crooked Creek and South Fork Crooked Creek. Alt. 697. |
| Indian Well Swamp |
rises in S Pitt County and flows SE into Clayroot Swamp. |
| Indian Wells |
indicated on the Price map, 1808, and the MacRae map, 1833, as four wells on Cape Fear River in SE Bladen County. Possibly these were natural artesian wells, common to the area. |
| Indian Woods |
central Bertie County, a reservation set aside in 1717 for the Tuscarora Indians remaining in North Carolina after the war of 1711-13. The Indians later joined relatives in New York, and the state sold the tract of land in 1828. |
| Indian Woods Township |
SW Bertie County. |
| Indiantown |
community in E central Camden County. A post office est. 1882 operated there until 1934. Settled prior to 1697. In 1704 the Governor's Council ordered a reservation to be laid off for the Yeopim Indians, and it is from the reservation that the present name derives. |
| Indiantown Creek |
a name sometimes applied to the upper course of North River, which see, in Camden County. |
| Indigo Branch |
rises in Horry County, S.C., and flows NW into SW Brunswick County, where it enters Cawcaw Swamp. |
