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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.
Some place names included in The North Carolina Gazetteer contain terms that are considered offensive.
"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 |
|---|---|
| Jimmy Branch |
rises in N Buncombe County near Richland Mountain and flows W into Ox Creek. |
| Jimmy Gap |
S Macon County between Bates Ridge and Hickory Knoll Creek. |
| Jims Beech Ridge |
E Jackson County, between Bearwallow Creek and Chestnut Ridge Creek. |
| Jinnys Branch |
rises in SW Brunswick County and flows E and S into Shallotte Inlet. |
| Joanna Bald |
on the Cherokee-Graham county line near the head of Anderson Branch. Alt. 4,708. |
| Joanna Mountain |
E Transylvania County E of Little River between Grassy Creek and Briary Creek. |
| Joara |
See Fort San Juan. |
| Jobs Cabin Township |
W Wilkes County. |
| Jobs Peak |
SE Buncombe County near the McDowell county line N of Evans Knob. |
| Jockey's Ridge |
sand dune 80-100 ft. high a short distance N of Nags Head, Bodie Island, E Dare County. It is the highest coastal sand dune on the Atlantic or Gulf coasts. Apparently indicated by a symbol but not named on the Mouzon map, 1775; the name was in use by 1851. Designated state park 1973 and U.S. Natural Landmark 1975. |
