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This content is from the North Carolina Gazetteer, edited by William S. Powell and Michael Hill. Copyright © 2010 by the University of North Carolina Press. Used by permission of the publisher. For personal use and not for further distribution. Please submit permission requests for other use directly to the publisher.
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"The North Carolina Gazetteer is a geographical dictionary in which an attempt has been made to list all of the geographic features of the state in one alphabet. It is current, and it is historical as well. Many features and places that no longer exist are included; many towns and counties for which plans were made but which never materialized are also included. Some names appearing on old maps may have been imaginary, but many of them also appear in this gazetteer.
Each entry is located according to the county in which it is found. I have not felt obliged to keep entries uniform. The altitude of a place, the date of incorporation of a city or town, may appear in the beginning of one entry and at the end of another. Some entries may appear more complete than others. I have included whatever information I could find. If there is no comment on the origin or meaning of a name, it is because the information was not available. In some cases, however, resort to an unabridged dictionary may suggest the meaning of many names."
--From The North Carolina Gazetteer, 1st edition, preface by William S. Powell
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Big Savannah |
central and NW Pender County. Originally covered over 2,000 acres, lying between 50 and 60 ft. above sea level. A flat, treeless area, surrounded by pine woods. Water table generally at or close to the surface. Much of the Big Savannah has been drained and cultivated. Once noted for the large variety of wildflowers that grew among the grasses. Also known as Burgaw Savannah. |
| Big Scaly |
peak in SE Clay County at the NE end of Scaly Ridge. Alt. 5,070. |
| Big Shoal Branch |
rises in SW Macon County and flows E into Big Indian Creek. |
| Big Shoeheel Creek |
rises in N Scotland County and flows S through W Robeson County into South Carolina, where it enters Little Pee Dee River. See also Maxton. |
| Big Snowball Mountain |
See Snowball Mountain. |
| Big Spring |
community in N Jackson County served by post office, 1852-1903. |
| Big Spring Branch |
rises in Forest City in S central Rutherford County and flows NE into Second Broad River. |
| Big Spring Creek |
rises in E Mitchell County and flows S into Hawk Creek. |
| Big Spring Gap |
E Mitchell County at the head of Big Spring Creek. |
| Big Stamp |
a peak in the Valley River Mountains on the Cherokee-Clay county line. |
