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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.
Some place names included in The North Carolina Gazetteer contain terms that are considered offensive.
"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 |
|---|---|
| Stony Knob |
N Buncombe County between Wagner Branch and Reems Creek. |
| Stony Knoll |
community in S Surry County between Fisher River and West Double Creek. Served by post office, 1893-1906. Formerly known as Butcher. Alt. 1,194. |
| Stony Mountain |
E Madison County between Chandler Creek and the head of California Creek. |
| Stony Mountain Ridge |
NE Swain County, in the shape of an inverted "S" between Poplar Hollow Branch and a bend in Raven Fork. |
| Stony Point |
community in E Cleveland County. |
| Stony Ridge |
SE Surry County, extends NE between Yadkin River and Grassy Creek. |
| Stony Run |
rises in W Stanly County and flows SE into Big Bear Creek. |
| Stony Spur |
W Madison County between Little Bottom Branch and John Taylor Branch. |
| Stony Valley |
in E Mitchell County between Bee Ridge and Middle Mountain. |
| Stonyton Creek |
rises in N Lenoir County and flows SE into Neuse River. Now frequently appears as Stonington Creek but first called the Stoney Town Creek in the 1730s because it was near an Indian town on a hill with outcroppings of slate and sandstone. |
