Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Moulton |
community in N Franklin County. |
| Mount Airy |
town in NE Surry County. Alt. 1,104. Settled about 1850; inc. 1869. In the early nineteenth century, the vicinity was called the Hollow or Hallow. See also Perkinsville. |
| Mount Airy Township |
N Surry County. |
| Mount Ararat |
See Pilot Mountain. |
| Mount Bolus |
hill in SE Orange County near Bolin Creek ½ mi. N of Chapel Hill. An extinct volcano. Said to have been named by university students after "Old Diabolus" (devil), their nickname for Joseph Caldwell, president of the university, 1796-1835. Appears as Gander Mountain in local records as late as 1792. |
| Mount Buckley |
the southernmost of three knobs, the central one of which is Clingmans Dome and the northernmost Mount Love, in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the border of Swain County, N.C., and Sevier County, Tenn., lat. 35°33'15" N., long. 83°30' W. Named by Arnold H. Guyot prior to 1860 in honor of naturalist S. B. Buckley (1809-84), Guyot's friend and sometime coworker. Alt. 6,500. |
| Mount Calvert |
See Grimesland. |
| Mount Cammerer |
on the Haywood County, N.C.-Cocke County, Tenn., line in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Cammerer Ridge about lat. 35°45'50" N., long. 83°09'40" W. Named in honor of A. B. Cammerer, formerly of the U.S. Department of the Interior, who was active in promoting the park. Alt. approx. 4,928. |
| Mount Carmel |
community in central Moore County served by post office, 1885-1905. |
| Mount Chapman |
in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Swain County, N.C.-Sevier County, Tenn., line, lat. 35°41' N., long. 83°17' W. Named for David Carpenter Chapman (1876-1938?) of Knoxville, Tenn., whose initiative and persistent activity over many years was largely responsible for the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park by the act of Congress approved on May 22, 1926. Alt. 6,425. Formerly known as Black, Old Black, and The Black. |