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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
Shaws

community in E Scotland County.
Shear Knob

W Swain County between Yalaka Creek and a bend in Little Tennessee River.
Shearer Creek

rises in N Clay County and flows SW into Johnson Mill Creek.
Shearer's Hill

a low ridge on the N side of Yadkin River, NE Caldwell County. Named for John Shearer, who settled there about the end of the Revolution. A black cemetery there has been in use since before the Civil War, when the slaves of a number of wealthy planters in the neighborhood were interred.
Sheehan Creek

rises in NW McDowell County and flows SE into Little Buck Creek.
Sheep Cliffs Creek

rises in S Jackson County and flows N into Webb Lake.
Sheep Cliffs Mountain

between Little Sheep Cliffs and Sheep Cliffs Creek in S Jackson County. Alt. 4,681.
Sheep Hollow

S Macon County between Richey Knob and Richey Gap.
Sheep Island

a tidal-marsh island just inside Lockwoods Folly Inlet, S central Brunswick County.
Sheep Knob

E Macon County between Caler Fork and Cowee Creek.