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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 |
|---|---|
| Alexander's Store |
community in E Mecklenburg County also known as Lawyers and Hornet's Nest. Named for postmaster Guy Alexander. |
| Alexandriana |
See Croft. |
| Alexis |
town in N Gaston County. Inc. 1899, but long inactive in municipal affairs. Formerly known as Alex's Cross Roads for a man named Alexander who owned land there. |
| Alfordston |
town authorized to be laid off and inc. 1793 on land of Thomas Matthews. Site approx. 1 mi. S of Carthage, central Moore County. The town was never laid off. |
| Alfordsville |
community in W Robeson County. A post office operated there from 1800 to 1922. |
| Alfordsville Township |
SW Robeson County. |
| Alfred |
community in SE Beaufort County. Settled about 1910 and named for Fred R. Alfred, large landowner. Alt. 25. |
| Alfred Creek |
rises in NE Cherokee County and flows NW into Taylor Creek. |
| Algood |
community in S Yadkin County served by post office, 1886-1904. |
| Alkalithia Springs |
See All Healing Springs. |
