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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
Stackhouse

community in N Madison County on French Broad River at the mouth of Woolsey Branch. Alt. 1,418.
Stacy

community in NE Carteret County on a point of land extending into Core Sound from the mainland. Was called Piney Point prior to 1888.
Stafford Hill

peak in the Cane Creek Mountains, S Alamance County.
Staffords Creek

rises in S Caldwell County and flows S into Catawba River on the Burke-Caldwell county line. Formerly also known as James Mill Creek and McCalls Mill Creek.
Staffords Mill

community in NW Guilford County near Oak Ridge. Called Saunders Mill during the American Revolution. Cornwallis's troops ground corn there.
Stag Creek

rises in NE Alamance County and flows S into Back Creek.
Stag Park

community and former plantation, central Pender County on the Northeast Cape Fear River. Named in 1663 by Barbadian explorers for parklike terrain on which they saw deer feeding. Appears on the Ogilby map, 1671. Governor George Burrington in about 1730 acquired 10,000 acres there and built a summer home.
Stagg Creek

rises in NW Ashe County and flows SE into North Fork New River.
Stagger Weed Creek

rises in E Mitchell County and flows NW to join Mine Fork Branch in forming Right Fork [Cane Creek].
Stagville

See Fairntosh.