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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 |
|---|---|
| Stricklandsville |
See Magnolia. |
| Strieby |
community in SW Randolph County. Named for a philanthropist who helped est. a church and school for blacks there in 1880. Served by post office, 1883-1940. |
| Striking Island |
a tidal-marsh island in the Cape Fear River opposite Southport, SE Brunswick County. |
| Stringfellow Branch |
rises in S Watauga County in Moses H. Cone Memorial Park and flows E through Bass Lake and into Chetola Lake on Middle Fork [South Fork New River]. |
| Strouds Creek |
rises in N Orange County and flows SE into Eno River. |
| Strouph Gap |
on the SW end of Burney Mountain on the Buncombe-Henderson county line. |
| Stuards Reach |
appears on the Smith map, 1624, in what is now the Roanoke River between Halifax and Northampton Counties. |
| Stuart Creek |
rises in NW Henderson County in Pisgah National Forest and flows NE into North Fork. |
| Stubblefield |
community in NW Caswell County. Named for a local family. |
| Stubbs |
community in E Cleveland County on Buffalo Creek. Alt. 950. Settled about 1885. Named for Col. Seth W. Stubbs, who made the clock for the Lincoln County Courthouse, 1856. |
