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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
Meeting House Branch

rises in E central Wilson County and flows SW in an arc into Buck Branch. Name appears in local records as early as 1775.
Meeting of the Waters

creek in SE Orange County rising just S of the town of Chapel Hill and flowing SE into Morgan Creek.
Meetinghouse Branch

rises in N central Sampson County and flows SE into Great Coharie Creek.
Meetinghouse Mountain

extends NE from Stecoah Creek to Little Tennessee River in NE Graham County.
Meherrin

community in NE Northampton County. An earlier community by the name is now known as Severn.
Meherrin Creek

See Potecasi Creek.
Meherrin River

rises in Virginia and flows S into North Carolina, where it forms the Hertford-Northampton county line for approx. 9 mi. and then flows SE across Hertford County into Chowan River. Appears as Pochike River on the Comberford map, 1657, and as Wayanock on the Hack map, 1684. Parker's Ferry has been operated across the Meherrin River near its mouth since the early years of the twentieth century.
Meherrin Swamp

See Raynor Swamp.
Meiggs

community in SE Surry County served by post office, 1894-1901.
Melanchton

community in NE Randolph County served by a post office, 1894-1901.