is modern colloquial term used to describe area in NW Mecklenburg County surrounded by waters of Lake Norman on three sides and Lincoln County on the n.

was formed in 1762 from Anson County. Located in the S central section of the state, it is bounded by the state of South Carolina and by Gaston, Lincoln, Iredell, Cabarrus, and Union Counties. It was named for Princess Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818), who married George III in 1761. Area: 549 sq. mi. County seat: Charlotte, with an elevation of 795 ft. Home to banks, corporate offices, and professional football and basketball teams. Townships, now numbered 1 to 15, were formerly Charlotte, Berryhill, Steele Creek, Sharon, Providence, Clear Creek, Crab Orchard, Mallard Creek, Dewees, Lemley, Long Creek, Paw Creek, Morning Star, Pineville, and Huntersville. Produces corn, wheat, oats, cotton, eggs, poultry, dairy products, processed meat, baked goods, fabricated metals, textiles, industrial machinery, canned foods, paper products, chemicals, hosiery, apparel, furniture, snack foods, software, soybeans, peaches, tires, computers, aircraft parts, electronics, and asbestos products.

rises in S Haywood County and flows NW into Browning Branch.

E Haywood County between Brown Cove and Chambers Branch.

former community in NW Swain County now within the bounds of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Settled before 1886 and named for Marion Medlin, popular Baptist minister who lived in the vicinity. After the property was acquired for the national park, houses and stores were torn down and moved. Only local family cemeteries remain to mark the site.

See Meadlock Mountain.

community in W Halifax County between Brinkleyville and Ringwood. Named for nearby Medoc Mountain.

a comparatively high hill on the E bank of Little Fishing Creek, W Halifax County; center of a state park. Named for a vineyard est. there in the late nineteenth century and named for Médoc, France, which contains some of that country's most famous vineyards. "Rocky Hill," the summer home of Governor Hutchins G. Burton (1774-1832), was nearby.

community in W Edgecombe County.

community in N Chowan County. A post office operated there, 1902-25, called Meege, which was the nickname of Mrs. Miles Elliott, wife of the postmaster.