Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Swannanoa Mountains |
range of mountains in SE Buncombe County S of the community of Swannanoa and parallel to the Swannanoa River. |
| Swannanoa River |
rises near Swannanoa Gap on the Buncombe-McDowell county line and flows W into French Broad River S of Asheville. Name is a corruption of Suwali-Nunna, the Cherokee word for "trail of the Suwali tribe." |
| Swannanoa Township |
E central Buncombe County. |
| Swannanoa Tunnel |
on the Southern Railway, SE Buncombe County near Ridgecrest. Cut in 1879 at a cost of $600,000 and 120 lives, the tunnel marked the completion of a section of the railroad. An early use of nitroglycerine in engineering occurred there. |
| Swanner |
community in NW Alexander County. |
| Swannsborough |
See Swansboro. |
| Swansboro |
town in SE Onslow County on White Oak River. Earlier names had been Bogue, Weeks Point, The Wharf, and New Town. Est. as Swannsborough in 1783; named for Samuel Swann (1704-72), who represented the county in the Assembly, 1739-62. Inc. in 1877 as Swansboro. |
| Swansboro Township |
SE Onslow County. |
| Swansee Gap |
W Cherokee County between an arm of Hiwassee River and Sular Creek. |
| Swash, The |
a narrow channel between Horse Island and Core Banks, NE Carteret County. |