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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
Smart Branch

rises in S Macon County and flows SW into Middle Creek.
Smathers View Mountain

extends E from Thompson Knob, which see, to Peggy Peak in SW Buncombe County.
Smethport

community in central Ashe County. Named for the town in Pennsylvania from which a local tanning extract plant had moved.
Smileys Falls

S Harnett County in Cape Fear River at the mouth of Upper Little River. A succession of ledges of rock there drops the water from 6 to 18 inches in most cases, but there is one fall of 4 ft. and another of 5 ft. Mentioned in Fulton's survey of North Carolina rivers in 1819.
Smith

community in N Forsyth County served by post office, 1883-1925.
Smith Branch

rises in S central Cabarrus County and flows NE into Coddle Creek.
Smith Creek

rises in E Anson County near the town of Lilesville and flows NE into Blewett Falls Lake.
Smith Creek Township

NW Warren County.
Smith Gap

E Haywood County between Big Branch and Crabtree Creek.
Smith Grove

community in central Davie County approx. 6 mi. NE of town of Mocksville. Named for a Methodist campground est. there in 1826. Post office est. 1834. Alt. 824.