Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Rowsypock |
area W of present town of Kill Devil Hills, E of Little Colington Island in E Dare County. |
| Roxboro |
town and county seat, central Person County. Est. as county seat, 1793. Named for Roxburgh, Scotland. Inc. 1855. Produces lumber, fabricated metals, textiles, processed poultry, and tobacco. Alt. 671. |
| Roxboro Lake |
See Carolina Power Lake. |
| Roxboro Township |
central Person County. |
| Roxobel |
town in NW Bertie County. Settled about 1800; inc. 1895. The early settlement was known as Cotten's Cross Roads; around 1808 the name was changed to Granberrys Cross Roads; and in 1816 a post office there was called Brittons Store. Roxobel appears as the post office name in 1847. The name was selected by Frances Norfleet for the popular three-volume novel Roxobel, written by Mary Martha Sherwood. The final change was necessary to avoid confusion with Britton's Neck, S.C. |
| Roxobel Township |
NW Bertie County. |
| Royal |
community in SE Beaufort County est. 1908 and known first as Dublin for the city in Ireland. Renamed for George E. Royal, a railroad official. |
| Royal Cotton Mills |
community in NE Wake County. Named for the mills est. there. Chartered 1907; charter repealed 1943. |
| Royal Creek |
a short stream in N central Carteret County flowing E into South River. |
| Royal Oak |
appears on the Price map, 1808, and on the MacRae map, 1833, on the Jones-Onslow county line where a slight change in direction is made. Said to have been named after a British soldier was found hiding in the tree's top to spy on Americans; he was hanged from a limb of the tree. The decayed stump of the tree was removed about 1916 when the road from Richlands to Comfort was widened. |