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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
Sokassa

See Rumbling Bald Mountain.
Solitude

See Ashland.
Solola Valley

community in N central Swain County on Noland Creek. The name comes from salola, the Cherokee Indian word for squirrel.
Solomons Creek

rises in S Richmond County and flows W into Pee Dee River.
Solray Gap

central Haywood County between Little Pine Mountain and Pigeon River.
Sols Creek

rises in E Jackson County and flows SW into Bear Creek Lake on the Tuckasegee River.
Somers Township

SE Wilkes County.
Somerset

community in SE Chowan County served by post office, 1888-1903.
Somerset Canal

SE Washington County, drains the waters of Lake Phelps into Scuppernong River and forms a portion of the Washington-Tyrrell county line. The canal, built by slave labor in 1787 at a cost of $30,000, was 20 ft. wide, 6 ft. deep, and 6 mi. long. Known for almost a century as Collins Canal for Josiah Collins, the plantation owner.
Somerton Creek

rises in Virginia and flows SW into NW Gates County, where it enters Chowan River.