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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 |
|---|---|
| Juniper Run |
rises in SE Johnston County and flows SE into Mill Creek. |
| Juniper Swamp |
rises in W Beaufort County and flows W to join Harding Swamp in forming East Branch Chicod Creek. |
| Juno |
community in central Buncombe County on Dix Creek. |
| Jupiter |
town in NW Buncombe County. Inc. 1895, but long inactive in municipal affairs. Served by post office, 1885-1909. |
| Just |
community in E Madison County on Terris Fork. |
| Justice |
community in E Franklin County on Little Peachtree Creek. Alt. 261. Settled about 1873. |
| Justice Creek |
rises in E Mitchell County and flows E into Avery County, where it enters North Toe River. |
| Justice Ridge |
SW Buncombe County N of Candler Heights. |
| Jutts Creek |
rises in SE Graham County and flows N into Tulula Creek. Named for Jutt Colvard. |
| Jutts Gap |
on the Cherokee-Graham county line in the Snowbird Mountains. |
