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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 |
|---|---|
| Left Fork [Eagle Creek] |
rises in SE Clay County and flows SW to join Right Fork in forming Eagle Creek. Known also as Ledford Creek. |
| Left Fork [Indian Creek] |
rises in N Swain County and flows SW into Right Fork [Indian Creek] to form Indian Creek. |
| Left Fork [Raven Fork] |
rises in NE Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and flows S to join Right Fork and Middle Fork in forming Raven Fork [Oconaluftee River]. |
| Left Fork [Redman Creek] |
rises in NE Swain County and flows SW to join Right Fork [Redman Creek] in forming Redman Creek. |
| Left Fork [Swannanoa River] |
rises in NE Buncombe County and flows E into North Fork [Swannanoa River]. Often known locally as Left Hand Fork. |
| Left Hand Fork |
See Left Fork [Swannanoa River]. |
| Left Prong Bent Creek |
rises in N Yancey County and flows SE to join Right Prong Bent Creek in forming Bent Creek. |
| Left Prong South Toe River |
has its origin at Pinnacle Spring, S Yancey County, and flows E to join Right Prong South Toe River in forming South Toe River. |
| Left Prong Three Forks Creek |
rises in SE Yancey County and flows SW to join Right Prong in forming Three Forks Creek. |
| Left Prong [Bridge Creek] |
rises in N central Swain County and flows NE into Bridge Creek. |
