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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.

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--From The North Carolina Gazetteer, 1st edition, preface by William S. Powell

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Place Description
Margaret

community in E Franklin County. Named by C. P. Harris for his daughter. A post office prior to 1909.
Margaret Peak

on the McDowell-Rutherford county line. Alt. 2,500.
Margaretsville

town in NE Northampton County. Post office est. 1836. Chartered 1885 as Margarettsville, but charter repealed 1891. Rechartered as Margaretsville in 1895. Named for Mrs. Margaret Ridley, an early resident. Alt. 54. The railroad name is Margaret.
Margrace

community in SE Cleveland County.
Maria Creek

rises in NE Carteret County and flows SE into Core Sound.
Marianna Falls

See Dutch Creek Falls.
Maribel

community in N Pamlico County on Chapel Creek, known originally as Shoofly. At the establishment of a post office in 1883, long since discontinued, it was named by postmaster Fentress for his sweetheart in Georgia, a girl named Mary Belle.
Marietta

town in S Robeson County. Alt. 125. Settled about 1898. Inc 1911. Formerly known as Affinity until renamed by Augustus Marriel, a promoter of the Raleigh and Charleston Railroad, whose line formerly ran through the town.
Marietta Township

S Robeson County.
Marines

former community in S Onslow County on New River. A post office est. in 1885. Abandoned 1941 with the development of Camp Lejeune.