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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 |
|---|---|
| Stover Ridge |
mountain in central Avery County. |
| Stowe's Hills |
See Frisco. |
| Strabane |
community in W Lenoir County. Named for home in Ireland of early settler. Served by post office, 1828-1905. |
| Stradley Mountain |
S Buncombe County, extends from Little Hickory Top to Rice Pinnacle. |
| Straight Creek |
rises in NE Buncombe County and flows NW into North Fork Ivy Creek. |
| Straight Fork |
rises in NE Swain County in Great Smoky Mountain National Park and flows S and SW into Raven Fork. |
| Straits |
community in SE Carteret County on a point of land extending into the mouth of North River. |
| Straits Township |
on The Straits in central Carteret County. At one time, a portion of Straits was called no. 5 township. From Straits were formed Carteret and no. 9 townships (both now abolished) and Merrimon. |
| Straits, The |
straits in the waters between North River and Core Sound in SE Carteret County between Harkers Island and the mainland. |
| Strange Branch |
rises in NE Cherokee County and flows SE into Big Cove Branch. |
