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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 |
|---|---|
| Store Point |
peninsula extending off the W side of Goose Creek Island into Goose Creek, NE Pamlico County. |
| Storey Branch |
rises in S Watauga County and flows NW into Days Creek. |
| Story |
community in W Gates County; formerly known as Storys Crossroads. Served by post office, 1884-85. Named for Euclid Story, postmaster. |
| Story Mountain |
N Caldwell County. Named for the Storie family, local residents. |
| Storys Creek |
rises in central Person County and flows NE into Marlowe Creek. |
| Storys Crossroads |
See Story. |
| Stott Knob |
central Surry County between Turner Mountain and Beaver Creek. Alt. 1,550. |
| Stotts Crossroads |
community in NW Wilson County E of Marsh Swamp. Named for Godfrey Stott. |
| Stouts |
community in W Union County 2 mi. SE of town of Indian Trail. Inc. 1907; charter repealed 1917. Alt. 658. |
| Stovall |
town in NE Granville County. Inc. 1883 as Sassafras Fork, named for large sassafras trees at the crossroads. Post office since 1887. Name changed in 1887 to honor John W. Stovall, who gave land for the railroad station. Alt. 478. Produces lumber. |
