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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
Sheep Mountain

E Haywood County between Rock Hollow and Jordan Branch.
Sheep Pen Gap

on Swain County, N.C.-Sevier County, Tenn., line in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near lat. 35°31'13" N., long. 83°52'27" W.
Sheep Ridge

SE Buncombe County in the Blue Ridge Mountains, extends N from High Top to Swannanoa River S of town of Black Mountain.
Sheep Rock

mountain in SW Buncombe County S of Browns Knob.
Sheep Wallow Knob

on the Swain County, N.C.-Blount County, Tenn., line at the NW end of Dalton Ridge.
Sheepback Knob

W Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Cataloochee Divide, near lat. 35°33'10" N., long. 83°07'33" W., between Little Bald Knob and Little Spruce Ridge. Alt. 5,520.
Sheepback Mountain

N Jackson County between Rich Mountain and Plott Balsams. Alt. 4,700.
Sheepwallow Knob

NE Buncombe County between Cedar Cliff Knob and Pigpen Knob.
Sheffield

community in NW Davie County. Named by Thomas M. Smith, postmaster, in whose store the post office was est. in 1893; service discontinued 1907.
Sheffields Township

NW Moore County.