North Carolina Gazetteer browse

    Tips for Searching
PlaceDescription
Anglins Millcommunity in NW Rockingham County. Named for Anglin family, members of which operated gristmill on Mayo River in mid-eighteenth century.
Angolacommunity in W Onslow County.
AngolaSee Maple Hill.
Angola Baypocosin in S Duplin and N Pender Counties. Angola Bay Game Preserve there is maintained by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission; bear, deer, and other wildlife abound. See also Holly Shelter Bay.
Angola Creekrises in Angola Bay in NE Pender County and flows S into Holly Shelter Creek.
Ann Mountainon a branch of Cabin Creek in S Henderson County.
Annacommunity in central Alleghany County served by post office, 1890-1921.
Annandalecommunity in SE Pender County. Alt. 44.
Annie MountainE Henderson County S of Bradley Mountain. Alt. 2,731.
Anson Countywas formed in 1750 from Bladen County. In the S central section of the state, it is bounded by the state of South Carolina and by Union, Stanly, and Richmond Counties. It was named for George Anson, Lord Anson (1697-1762), a British admiral who, for a number of years, was assigned to protect the commerce of the Carolina coast from pirates. Area: 536 sq. mi. County seat: Wadesboro, with an elevation of 423 ft. Townships are Ansonville, Burnsville, Gulledge, Lanesboro, Lilesville, Morven, Wadesboro, and White Store. Produces lumber, bricks, soybeans, oats, corn, milo, cotton, broilers, turkeys, hosiery, textiles, and wooden boxes. Sand, gravel, and crushed stone are also produced, and there are deposits of granite, sandstone, and shale for brick.