Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Seven Sisters |
sand hills a short distance S of Nags Head on Bodie Island, E Dare County. |
| Seven Springs |
town in SE Wayne County on Neuse River. Inc. 1855 as Whitehall; reincorporated as White Hall, 1881; named for the plantation home of William Whitefield, who built there about 1741. Post office est. 1881 as Jericho; name changed to Seven Springs, 1894. Named for seven mineral springs, around which a resort operated from 1881 until 1944. The hotel and springhouse still stand. The Confederate ironclad Neuse was built there. A Civil War skirmish occurred there in December 1862. Alt. 75. |
| Seven Springs Gap |
W Graham County between Hooper Mill Creek and Wright Creek in Nantahala National Forest. Alt. approx. 3,700. |
| Sevenmile Creek |
rises in W Orange County and flows NE into Eno River W of town of Hillsborough. |
| Sevenmile Ridge |
E Yancey County, extends NE from Stones Knob to Crabtree Creek near Cox Knob. Alt. approx. 4,400. |
| Sevenmile Swamp |
rises in NW Sampson County and flows SE into Great Coharie Creek. |
| Seventy-First Township |
W Cumberland County. Named for the 71st Highland Scots Regiment. |
| Severn |
town in NE Northampton County served by post office, 1889-1939. Alt. 59. Settled about 1833 and known first as Meherrin for an Indian tribe that had lived in the vicinity. Inc. 1919. Named for Severn Ayers, a stockholder in the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. |
| Sevier |
community in N McDowell County on North Fork [Catawba River]. Served by post office, 1892-1903. Alt. 1,401. |
| Seward |
community in W Forsyth County. |