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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
St. Pauls

town in NE Robeson County. Inc. 1909. Named for local Presbyterian church. Post office est. there in 1832 was named Tutons for first postmaster Oliver Tuton; changed to St. Pauls about 4 years later. Originally the settlement centered on a stage depot on the Fayetteville-Lumberton road about 3 mi. from present site. When the railroad came through about 1900, the settlement drifted S to center around the depot. Produces textiles.
St. Pauls Township

NE Robeson County.
St. Peter's Parish

See St. John's Parish.
St. Philip's Parish

Church of England, New Hanover, later Brunswick County, est. in 1741 when St. James’ Parish, which see, was divided. St. Philip's Parish was that part of the county S of the Cape Fear River. With the creation of Brunswick County in 1764, St. Philip's Parish became coextensive with the new county. The parish had 224 white taxable inhabitants in 1767, described as being "mostly Gentlemen." The ruins of St. Philip's Church, completed in 1765, begun a number of years earlier, still stand near Orton Plantation, Brunswick County, at the site of the old town of Brunswick.
St. Stephen's Parish

Church of England, Johnston County, est. 1756 in the W part of the county upon the division of St. Patrick's Parish. When Dobbs County was formed from Johnston County in 1758, St. Patrick's became coextensive with the new county. St. Stephen's Parish then was coextensive with Johnston County. In 1767 the parish had 1,229 white taxables, described as "able to make provision for a minister."
St. Thomas District

one of the districts into which Orange County was divided at the time of the 1790 census. It contained 139 heads of families.
St. Thomas Parish

Church of England, Tryon County, est. 1768 with the formation of the county and coextensive with it. In 1767 the parish was described as "too unsettled to make provision for a Minister."
St. Thomas’ Parish

Church of England, Beaufort County, organized 1701. St. Thomas’ Church in Bath (oldest church building in North Carolina) was constructed in 1734. The parish had 110 white taxables in 1767. St. Thomas’ Parish of the Episcopal Church still functions in Bath.
Stacey Creek

rises in SE Avery County and flows NW into Linville River.
Staceyville

See Stacy.