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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
Shope Branch

rises in S Macon County and flows SE into North Fork [Skennah Creek].
Shope Cove

N Macon County on a tributary of Burningtown Creek.
Shope Creek

rises in N Buncombe County and flows SE into Bull Creek.
Shope Fork

rises in S Macon County and flows NE into Coweeta Creek.
Shope Knob

S Swain County between Cullasaja Branch and Jones Creek.
Shopton

community in SW Mecklenburg County on the head of Steele Creek. Around 1880 J. R. Hays started a general store there. By 1890 several shops operated there, and the area became known as Shop Town or Shopton.
Shore

See Flint Hill.
Shore Ridge Mountain

NE Rutherford County between Lump and Chalk Mountains.
Short Bunk

ridge in W Haywood County between Conrad Branch and Coggins Branch.
Short Creek

rises in SE Beaufort County and flows N into South Creek.