1. North Carolina Gazetteer
  2. R
  3. North Carolina Gazetteer browse

North Carolina Gazetteer browse

    Tips for Searching
PlaceDescription
Rocky MountainE central Watauga County between Rocky Branch and Rocky Knob Creek.
Rocky Pen Ridgecentral Cherokee County, extends NE from Nottely River to Hiwassee River near Murphy.
Rocky Pointcommunity in S Pender County. Alt. 39. Inc. 1905; charter repealed 1945. Name applied to the area by Barbadian explorers in 1663 for an unusual outcropping of rock near Lane's Ferry in the otherwise flat country. The community was settled in the late eighteenth century. Clayton Hall, home of Francis Clayton, native of Scotland and member of the Wilmington Safety Committee, 1774, was there. Produces lumber. See also Lillington County.
Rocky Point TownshipS central Pender County.
Rocky Ridgebetween Jim Creek and The Flatwoods in SW Henderson County.
Rocky RidgeS Madison County parallel to Little Pine Creek.
Rocky Riverrises in SE Iredell County near Mooresville and flows S along the Cabarrus-Mecklenburg county line for a short distance; across Cabarrus to the Cabarrus-Stanly county line, which it forms for a short distance; and to the Stanly-Union and Anson-Stanly county lines, which it forms before entering Pee Dee River. Appears on the Collet map, 1770.
Rocky Riverrises in NE Randolph County and flows SW across Chatham County into Deep River.
Rocky River Springscommunity and former resort in S Stanly County. Mineral springs there said to have been known to Indians as the "place of healing waters." Hotel and places of amusement in operation from the 1830s until 1920s.
Rocky River SpringsSee Silver.