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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 |
|---|---|
| Stinking Quarter Creek |
rises in S Guilford County and flows NE into Alamance County, where it enters Great Alamance Creek. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. Name said to have been derived from the fact that Indians cleaned animals there and left quarters of meat to spoil. Eli Caruthers, writing in 1856, said it was formerly known as Stauken's Quarter Creek, presumably named for a grant of land to a pioneer settler. |
| Stirewalt Creek |
rises in central Alexander County a short distance S of Taylorsville and flows S into Lower Little River. |
| Stirrup Iron Creek |
rises in SE Durham County and flows SE into W Wake County, where it enters Crabtree Creek. |
| Stockade Mountain |
SW Cherokee County along the Nottely River SE of Die Bend. |
| Stocking Head Creek |
rises in central Duplin County and flows SE into Northeast Cape Fear River. |
| Stocksville |
community in N Buncombe County. A post office est. there 1836; closed 1958. |
| Stockton Cove |
N Buncombe County between Morgan Ridge and Morgan Branch. |
| Stokes |
town in N Pitt County. Settled about 1880. Inc. 1903. Named for William G. Stokes, local landowner. Alt. 56. |
| Stokes County |
was formed in 1789 from Surry County. Located in the N central section of the state, it is bounded by the state of Virginia and by Rockingham, Forsyth, and Surry Counties. It was named for Capt. John Stokes (1756-90), Revolutionary War officer and member of the House of Commons and the Convention of 1789. Area: 458 sq. mi. County seat: Danbury, with an elevation of 825 ft. Townships are Beaver Island, Big Creek, Danbury, Meadows, Peters Creek, Quaker Gap, Sauratown, Snow Creek, and Yadkin. Produces tobacco, corn, wheat, hay, oats, poultry, eggs, dairy products, hogs, livestock, motor vehicle parts, brick, crushed stone. copper products, lumber, apples, and printed materials. |
| Stokes Mill Run |
rises in E Sampson County and flows E into Duplin County, where it enters Stewart Creek. |
