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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 |
|---|---|
| Tandaquomuc |
an Indian village of either the Weapemeoc or Chowanoac tribes located in what is now SE Bertie County between the mouths of Chowan and Roanoke Rivers. Appears on the De Bry map, 1590. The name may have meant "where the road goes by the big evergreens." |
| Tank Creek |
rises in NW Cumberland County and flows NE into Little River. |
| Tantram Branch |
rises in SE Buncombe County near Patton Gap in the Swannanoa Mountains and flows S into Trantham Creek. |
| Tantroft Branch |
See Tantrough Branch. |
| Tantrough Branch |
rises in E central Yancey County and flows N into Little Crabtree Creek. Named for the wooden trough used in tanning hides that an early settler had there. The spelling Tantroft is also used. |
| Tanyard Branch |
rises in central Rutherford County NW of Rutherfordton and flows SE into Cleghorn Creek. At one time it was known as Milk House Branch. |
| Tanyard Creek |
rises in N Yadkin County and flows NE into Yadkin River. |
| Tanyard Gap |
N Madison County at the head of Silvermine Branch. |
| Tapoco |
resort community in NW Graham County on Cheoah River. Served by post office, 1916-36. Alt. 1,110. Name coined by the Tallassee Power Company using the first two letters of the three words in the company name. |
| Tar Corner |
community in NE Camden County. Name said to derive from a barn painted with tar that stood at intersection of two roads. |
