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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
South Toe Township

S Yancey County.
South Tunis

community in E Hertford County.
South Turkey Creek

rises on the Buncombe-Haywood county line near Turkey Creek Gap and flows NE to join North Turkey Creek in forming Turkey Creek.
South Virginia

a name frequently applied from about 1612 to about 1663 to the area that subsequently became the County of Albemarle in the colony of Carolina. William Strachey's The Historie of Travell into Virginia Britannia (1612) contains a brief description of South Virginia. After the region began to be settled (ca. 1650), it was also referred to as the Southern Plantation. In 1662 Samuel Stephens was made commander of the Southern Plantation by the Virginia Council.
South Wadesboro

town in central Anson County. Wadesboro Cotton Mill built there in 1892. Town inc. in 1893, but long inactive in municipal affairs.
South Washington

former town in N central Pender County on Washington Creek near its mouth in Northeast Cape Fear River. Laid out about 1740 by Malatiah Hamilton as the center of trade for the Welsh Tract, which see. Inc. 1791 as South Washington. About 1840 moved approx. 1½ mi. SW to a site on the newly completed railroad and came to be called Hiawatha, corrupted into Watha, which see.
South West Parish

See St. Paul's Parish; Society Parish.
South West Township

E Lenoir County.
South Westfield Township

E Surry County.
South Whitakers Township

NE Nash County.