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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
Shuler Mountain

SW Cherokee County near the headwaters of Dickey Branch.
Shulls Mill

community in S Watauga County on Watauga River. Est. as a post office in 1870 (closed 1955); named for Joseph Shulls, settler, whose daughter eloped with the local sheriff, Cobb McCandless. The couple went to the West, where McCandless joined the Jesse James gang and was killed by a member of the Jones gang, a rival group.
Shumaker Mountain

See Fox's Mountain.
Shumont

community in SE Buncombe County.
Shumont Mountain

on the Buncombe-Rutherford County line approx. 2 mi. N of Chimney Rock. Alt. approx. 3,839. Formerly known also as Harris Mountain and Leaventhorps View.
Shunkawakan Falls

on Whiteoak Creek, central Polk County. Water originally fell for a total of 500 ft., but blasting for road construction broke the falls into two sections.
Shut-in Creek

rises in N Jackson County on N slopes of Bald Mountain and flows N into Soco Creek.
Shut-in Ridge

S Buncombe County between Bent Creek and French Broad River.
Shute

community in central Union County NW of the city of Monroe.
Shute Branch

rises in NE Buncombe County and flows SE into North Fork [Swannanoa River].