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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 |
|---|---|
| Terrapin Run |
a bay in White Oak River, W Carteret County, that empties into Croaker Channel. Named for the fact that fishermen catch numerous terrapins there. |
| Terrazzo Switch |
community in NE Cherokee County in Nantahala National Forest on Southern Railway. Named for terrazzo flooring made from locally mined marble chips. |
| Terrell |
community in SE Catawba County. Named for an early Methodist minister in the vicinity. |
| Terrell Creek |
rises in N Chatham County and flows NE into Haw River. |
| Terrell Gap |
E Swain County on Williams Branch. |
| Terrell Mountain |
N Chatham County 7 mi. SW of town of Chapel Hill. Alt. 849. Broadcast transmitting towers are there. |
| Terrible Creek |
rises in SW Wake County N of town of Fuquay-Varina and flows E through Johnsons Pond and into Middle Creek. |
| Terris Fork |
rises in E Madison County and flows W into Paint Fork. Appears as Terry Fork and Terrace Fork on various maps. |
| Terry Branch |
rises in NW Nash County and flows E into Tumbling Run. |
| Terry Creek |
rises in S Henderson County and flows N into Green River. |
