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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 |
|---|---|
| John Branch |
rises in SW Macon County and flows E into Little Indian Creek. |
| John Brown Branch |
rises in central Jackson County and flows W into Tuckasegee River. |
| John Green Bend |
a bend in the Hiwassee River in W Cherokee County. |
| John H. Kerr Reservoir |
See Kerr Lake. |
| John Ish High Top |
a peak in W Cherokee County in a bend of Hiwassee River. |
| John Mason Branch |
rises in SE Cherokee County and flows NW into Little Brasstown Creek. |
| John Newton Branch |
rises in central Cherokee County and flows S into Pace Branch. |
| John Reese Branch |
rises in central Clay County and flows W and NW into Downing Creek. |
| John Rock |
mountain in NW Transylvania County between Cat Gap and Davidson River. Alt. approx. 3,220. |
| John Rock Branch |
rises in NW Transylvania County N of Cedar Rock Mountain and flows N on the W side of John Rock approx. 1 mi. into Cedar Rock Creek. |
