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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
Sandy River

See First Broad River.
Sandy Run

rises in S Cumberland County and flows SE into Rockfish Creek.
Sandy Run Branch

rises in N Duplin County and flows SW into Northeast Cape Fear River.
Sandy Run Creek

rises in central Burke County and flows N into Hunting Creek.
Sandy Run Swamp

rises in W Onslow County and flows SW into Pender County, where it enters Holly Shelter Creek.
Sandy Run Township

former township in SW Cleveland County, now township no. 7.
Sandy Springs

community in SW Rutherford and SE Polk Counties. A post office operated there, 1876-1908.
Sandycross

community in SE Gates County served by post office, 1884-1906.
Sanford

city and county seat, central Lee County. Laid out about 1872. Inc. 1874. Said to have been named for Col. C. O. Sanford, engineer for the Chatham Railroad. Jonesboro, which see, merged with Sanford in 1947. Produces bricks, pottery, lumber, electrical parts, primary metals, sheet-metal working, apparel, industrial machinery, furniture, insecticides, and cosmetics. Alt. 375.
Sans Souci

community in SE Bertie County. The name of an early plantation, which in French means "without care or worry." Long site of cable-drawn ferry.