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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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Place Description
Mayos Crossroads

community in SE Edgecombe County.
Mays Crossroads

community in W Franklin County.
Maysville

town in S Jones County on White Oak River. Inc. 1897. A post office est. there in 1827 was known as Cross Roads. It appears to be the "Young's Cross Roads" that is mentioned frequently in Civil War official records. Alt. 41.
Mayview Hill

S Watauga County on the head of China Branch.
Mayview Lake

in S Watauga County in the headwaters of Middle Fork [South Fork New River].
Mayview Park

See Blowing Rock.
Maywood

community in N Alamance County served by post office, 1886-1905.
Mazeppa

community in SE Iredell County. Alt. 901.
McAdams Creek

rises in E Alamance County and flows W into Back Creek.
McAdenville

town in E Gaston County. First Known as Henderson Shoals for Lawson Henderson, early Lincoln County official; later as Spring Shoals for a local landowner, Adam A. Springs, graduate of the University of North Carolina in 1798. Inc. 1883 as McAdenville. Named for Rufus Yancey McAden (1833-89), speaker of the N.C. House of Representatives in 1866 and local owner of mills. Alt. 600.