Gazetteer

N Avery County at the N end of Beech Mountain. Alt. 3,790. Local tradition is that a man was lost on the mountain for several days, and when he returned home he explained to his friends that he had "been to Pogey." He may have been using the English-dialect word "poggy," meaning boggy or sloppy, as a field in wet weather.

See Poga Mountain.

See Smithtown.

rises in central Macon County and flows NE into Iotla Creek.

appears on the Smith map, 1624, as the N portion of present Currituck Banks in E Currituck County. It was shown as extending S from Cape Henry, Va., to Currituck Inlet. Undoubtedly named for Sir Francis Bacon, whose favor Smith sought to win.

community in W Pender County on Black River. Named for Richard Caswell (1729-89), governor of North Carolina. Settled prior to the Civil War. Inc. in 1883 as Caswell; charter repealed 1901. Formerly a thriving shipping point on the river; now only a church and a few houses remain.

appears on the Smith map, 1624, as the area of NE North Carolina presently included in Camden and Currituck Counties.

See Durants Neck.

community at the extreme S tip of Currituck County at Powells Point. Settled prior to 1667. Post office est. in 1906 as Marvin but changed in 1907 to Point Harbor.

appears on the Collet map, 1770, as a point of land in SE New Hanover County between Hewlets and Bradley Creeks on the mainland W of modern Wrightsville Beach. Probably named for James Hasell (d. 1786), chief justice of the colony.