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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
Salvage Island

See Core Banks.
Salvo

community on Hatteras Island, E Dare County. Formerly known as Clarks or Clarksville.
Salyer's Bay

See Sulliers Bay.
Sam Branch

rises in central Cherokee County and flows NW into Valley River.
Sam Cove

NW Graham County on Deep Creek.
Sam Doane Mountain

on Madison-Yancey County line between Moore Gap and Paint Gap. Named for an early settler.
Sam Gap

SE Buncombe County between Flint Knob and Round Mountain.
Sam Knob

S Haywood County between Sam Branch and Flat Laurel Creek. Alt. 6,030.
Sam Newton Branch

rises in central Cherokee County and flows NW into Valley River.
Samarcand

community in W Moore County. Named in 1916 by Raphael W. Pumpelly Jr. for the town in Asia Minor, which he had visited in his travels. A state home and industrial school for girls opened there in 1918. Alt. 698.