Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Salem Township |
E central Granville County. |
| Salemburg |
town in W Sampson County. Settled about 1870. Inc. 1905 and took its name from Salem Academy, est. there by Rev. Isham Royal in 1874. The academy developed into Pineland College and Edwards Military Institute, which merged in 1965 to form Southwood College; it closed in 1973. |
| Sales Branch |
rises in central Cherokee County and flows NW into Valley River. |
| Sales Ford |
community in central Cherokee County on Valley River. |
| Salisbury |
city and county seat, E central Rowan County. Est. 1755. Presumably named for the town in England but possibly for the town in Maryland, the point of origin of some of the earliest settlers in Rowan County. Catawba and Livingstone Colleges are there. Produces textiles, processed food, corrugated boxes, furniture, chemicals, machinery, structural steel, and wire cloth. Alt. 764. |
| Salisbury District |
at the time of the 1790 census, was composed of Guilford, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Rockingham, Rowan, Stokes, and Surry Counties. |
| Salisbury Township |
E Rowan County. |
| Salisbury West |
unincorporated outskirts of city of Salisbury, E central Rowan County. |
| Sally Archer Crossroads |
community in SE Hertford County. |
| Sally Branch |
rises in E Franklin County and flows N into Lick Meadow Branch. |