NC Educators: please take a moment to share your needs and perspectives with us by completing the North Carolina Educator Information Survey
North Carolina Gazetteer browse
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Sulphur Springs | See Davis White Sulphur Springs. |
| Sulphur Springs Township | S Rutherford County. |
| Sumey Creek | rises in NE Rutherford County and flows S into First Broad River. The name is variously spelled as Summy, Somey, and Sommey. Named for the Sumey family, early settlers. |
| Summer Haven | community in central Beaufort County on the N shore of Pamlico River. |
| Summerfield | community in N Guilford County. Inc. 1996. Alt. 881. Settled about 1769 by Charles Bruce, later a Revolutionary War patriot, and known as Bruce's Crossroads until 1812, when a post office was est. and the community was renamed in honor of evangelist John Summerfield (1798-1825). Site, according to tradition, of Revolutionary War skirmish between Lee and Tarleton; campsite of British army under Gen. Charles O'Hara of the Coldstream Guards, February 12, 1781. |
| Summerhaven | community in NE Buncombe County on Spruce Fork Creek. |
| Summerlins Crossroads | community in N Duplin County. |
| Summerville | community in central Harnett County served by post office, 1850-1908. The law creating Harnett County in 1855 directed that the first courts were to be held there until a county seat could be est. Continued as seat of government until 1860. First called Toomer for Judge J. D. Toomer (1784-1856). |
| Summit | community in NW Halifax County. Since the elevation is considerably higher than that of the surrounding region, Easter sunrise services are frequently held there. Alt. 312. |
| Summit | community in W Wilkes County between Lewis Fork Creek and North Prong Lewis Fork Creek. |