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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
Second Hurricane Branch

rises in E Swain County and flows SW into Yalaka Creek.
Second Potts Creek

rises in W Davidson County and flows S into High Rock Lake on Yadkin River. Appears on the Collet map, 1770, as Potts Creek.
Secotan

an Indian village once located on the S side of Pamlico River in what is now E Beaufort County in the vicinity of Hobucken; visited by John White and other explorers based on Roanoke Island in the sixteenth century. The name meant "town at the bend of a river." Appears as Secoton on the White map, 1585; as Secota on the De Bry map, 1590; and as Secotan on the Velasco map, 1611. See also Seco.
Sedalia

community in E Guilford County. The Alice Freeman Palmer Memorial Institute, a junior college and high school for African American women est. 1901, operated there until 1960s. Campus now a State Historic Site.
Sedgefield

community in W central Guilford County. Named for the fields of sedge (grasslike plants) in the vicinity. English-style inn opened 1927. Golf course hosts national tournaments.
Sedges Garden

community in N central Forsyth County.
See Off Mountain

S central Transylvania County between Dunn Creek and Haunty Branch. Alt. 3,080.
See-noh-ya

See Black Mountains.
Seed Cane Creek

rises in E Surry County and flows SW into Ararat River.
Seedbed of the Colony

See Salmon Creek.