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This content is from the North Carolina Gazetteer, edited by William S. Powell and Michael Hill. Copyright © 2010 by the University of North Carolina Press. Used by permission of the publisher. For personal use and not for further distribution. Please submit permission requests for other use directly to the publisher.
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"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
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Stice Dam |
on Broad River, S Cleveland County, provides power for mills in Shelby. Stice's Shoal community was served by post office, 1847-1902. |
| Stice's Shoal |
See Stice Dam. |
| Stiff Knee Knob |
SW Madison County at the head of Sugar Camp Branch. |
| Stiles |
community in N Macon County between Bird Branch and Burningtown Creek. Served by post office, 1901-51. |
| Still Bluff |
community in SW Pender County on a bluff overlooking Black River. Named for the fact that it is a quiet spot on a bluff. |
| Still Branch |
rises in SE Yancey County and flows NE into Roaring Fork. |
| Still Creek |
rises in W Carteret County and flows W into White Oak River. Named because a whiskey still was once located on the creek. |
| Stilley |
community S Beaufort County. |
| Stillhouse Branch |
rises in S Avery County and flows NW into Whiteoak Branch. |
| Stillhouse Creek |
rises in central McDowell County and flows S into Paxton Creek. |
