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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
Melrose

community in SW Polk County. A former post office serving the community was called Mimosa. Alt. 1,424.
Melrose Falls

SW Polk County on Big Fall Creek a short distance W of town of Tryon.
Melton Branch

rises in N Mitchell County and flows E into Left Fork Bean Creek.
Melton Creek

rises in NE Cherokee County and flows SE and SW into Valley River.
Melton Mountain

N Rutherford County between Little and Carson Mountains.
Melville

community in E Alamance County. Settled about 1845 and known at first as Burnt Shop.
Melville Township

former township in E central Alamance County, now townships nos. 10 and 13.
Melvin Hill

community in SE Polk County. Settled in late nineteenth century. Named for Thomas Melvin, first postmaster.
Melvin's Mill Pond

NE Bladen County on Little Turnbull Creek.
Memminger Creek

rises in central Henderson County and flows NE into King Creek. Named for C. G. Memminger (1803-88), Confederate secretary of the treasury, who had a summer home at Flat Rock.