Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Dutchman Ridge |
mountain peak on the Buncombe-McDowell county line. |
| Dutchmans Creek |
is formed in NE Gaston County by the junction of Leepers Creek and Killians Creek and flows SE into Catawba River. |
| Dutchville Township |
SW Granville County. A nineteenth-century post office in the SW part of the county was called Dutchville, and in 1790 there was a Dutch District that had 76 heads of families reported in the census for that year. |
| Dwight |
community in W Perquimans County served by post office, 1892-1904. |
| Dyeleaf Creek |
rises on the S side of Spring Mountain in NE Buncombe County and flows W through Laughter Cove into Cane Creek. Named for Sweet Leaf or Horse-sugar (Symplocos tinctoria), the leaves and bark of which yield a yellow dye. |
| Dyeleaf Mountain |
SE Buncombe County between Cane and Garren Creeks. |
| Dyer Knob |
W Watauga County N of Rush Branch and E of Beaverdam Creek. Alt. approx. 3,300. |
| Dykers Creek |
rises in W Davidson County and flows W into Yadkin River. |
| Dymond City |
former community in SE Martin County in Great Swamp. A post office by the name existed in 1882. Appears as Dimond City on the Kerr map, 1882, located near the head of Deep Run Swamp. |
| Dysartsville |
community in SE McDowell County. Alt. 1,262. Named for the Dysart family, early settlers. John Dysart, local militiaman, was a veteran of the Battle of Kings Mountain. |