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Preface to the 2nd edition
Preface to the 1st edition
Acknowledgments

"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

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Place Description
Rumley Marsh

a tidal-marsh peninsula approx. 1¾ mi. long and ¾ mi. wide on the N shore of Pamlico River S of Jackson Swamp, E Beaufort County. Appears as Rumneys Marsh on the Collet map, 1770.
Rumneys Marsh

See Rumley Marsh.
Run Branch

rises in S Lee County and flows NE into Thoroughfare Branch.
Run Hill

sand hill in Kill Devil Hills, E Dare County.
Run of Swamp

a canal that drains the Big Pocosin in SW Gates County and empties into Chowan River.
Run of the Mill Pond

a stream that rises in SE Duplin County and flows N into Jump and Run Branch.
Run Swamp Canal

rises in W Currituck County and flows SE into Indiantown Creek. It forms a part of the boundary between Camden and Currituck Counties.
Runaway Knob

on the SE end of Runaway Ridge in SW Macon County.
Runaway Ridge

SW Macon County between the head of Allison Creek and the head of Ash Flat Branch.
Runion

community in W Madison County on French Broad River approx. 3 mi. E of Hot Springs.