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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

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Place Description
Little Singletary Lake

a natural lake in N Bladen County; approx. 1½ mi. long and ¾ mi. wide. Fishing. See also Carolina Bays.
Little Snow Creek

rises in N Stokes County and flows SE into Snow Creek.
Little Snowball Mountain

N Buncombe County between Cherry Log Gap and Snowball Gap. Alt. 4,824.
Little Snowbird Creek

rises in S Graham County and flows NE and NW into Snowbird Creek.
Little Spivey Creek

rises in N Yancey County and flows W into Tennessee, where it enters Spivey Creek.
Little Spruce Ridge

W Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a spur extending NE from Cataloochee Divide; center near lat. 35°33'35" N., long. 83°08'04" W., between Little Bald Branch and Bearpen Branch.
Little Steeltrap Creek

rises in N Swain County and flows SW into Forney Creek.
Little Stone Mountain

N Wilkes County on the W side of East Prong Roaring River.
Little Stonehouse Creek

rises in E Warren County and flows NE into Lake Gaston.
Little Sugar Creek

rises in central Mecklenburg County and flows SW into South Carolina, where it enters Sugar Creek. Appears as Shugan Creek on the Collet map, 1770, but with its present name on the Price map, 1808.