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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
Shelter Swamp

rises in S Onslow County and flows W into Pender County, where it enters Holly Shelter Creek.
Shelton Branch

rises in N Buncombe County and flows NW into Paint Fork. See also Anderson Cove.
Shelton Creek

rises in W Granville County and flows SE into Tar River. Appears as Charlone Creek on the Collet map, 1770.
Shelton Laurel

community in N Madison County. Alt. 1,849. Settled by Martin and David Shelton about 1790 near the junction of Shelton Laurel Creek and Big Laurel Creek. There, on January 19, 1863, 13 Union supporters (12 men and a boy) were shot by a detail of Confederate soldiers in what has become known as the Shelton Laurel Massacre. White Rock, a post office from 1851 to 1936, was in the center of the Shelton Laurel community.
Shelton Laurel Creek

rises in N Madison County and flows SW into Big Laurel Creek.
Shelton Laurel Township

former township in N Madison County, now township no. 2.
Shelton Town

community in NE Surry County between Rutledge Creek and Ararat River.
Shelton's Store

community in N Stokes County. Later known as Ziglar's Store.
Shepards Mill

community in central Stokes County on Snow Creek. A mill, still standing, operated there as early as 1819 and as recently as 1957. Snow Creek Ironworks was started there in 1770 by Col. James Martin. Limestone for ironworks at Danbury mined there.
Shephard Creek

drains Osceola Lake in central Henderson County and flows W into Mud Creek.