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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 |
|---|---|
| Ivy Gap |
on the Buncombe-Yancey county line NW of Cane River Gap. |
| Ivy Hill Township |
W central Haywood County. |
| Ivy Knob |
NE Buncombe County between Little Will Branch and North Fork Ivy Creek. |
| Ivy Ridge |
NW Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a short spur extending E from Big Grill Ridge. |
| Ivy River |
is formed on the Buncombe-Madison county line by the junction of Ivy Creek and Little Ivy Creek. It flows W through S Madison County into French Broad River, crossing back briefly into Buncombe County at three points. |
| Ivy Swamp |
rises in NE Wayne County and flows NE into Wilson County, where it enters Contentnea Creek. Named for the Ivey family, early settlers. |
| Ivy Top |
S Clay County near the headwaters of Webb Creek. |
| Ivy Township |
NW Buncombe County. |
| Jack |
community in NE Warren County. Post office est. there in 1901, but discontinued in 1905. Due to a shift in population, the community is dwindling, and the name is not widely known. |
| Jack Bradley Branch |
rises in N Swain County and flows S into Beech Flats Prong. |
