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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
Standing Indian

peak on the Clay-Macon county line. The Indian name was Yunwitsulenunyi (where the man stood). Alt. 5,500. The peak has been called "the grandstand of the southern Appalachians."
Standing Indian Wildlife Management Area

SE Clay County.
Standingstone Mountain

at the junction of the lines of Henderson and Transylvania Counties, N.C., and Greenville County, S.C.
Stanfield

town in SW Stanly County. Inc. 1955.
Stanfield Branch

rises in N Buncombe County and flows W into Dick Branch.
Stanford

See Burgaw.
Stanhope

community in S Nash County. Was site of pre-Civil War Stanhope Academy. Community of Old Stanhope, about 2 mi. w, was a stop on the Raleigh-Tarboro stage line. Named for Stanhope Crenshaw who operated the stage line prior to 1896.
Stanley

town in N Gaston County. Inc. 1897 as Brevard Station and named for Robert Alexander Brevard, who gave land in 1861 for railroad station. Renamed Stanley Creek, 1893, and Stanley, 1911. Produces zippers and textiles. Alt. 852.
Stanley Branch

rises in N Buncombe County near Lankford Mountain and flows W into Dick Branch.
Stanley Creek

rises in NE Gaston County and flows SE into Dutchmans Creek.