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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 |
|---|---|
| Third Fork Creek |
rises in S Durham County and flows SW into New Hope Creek. |
| Thirty Foot Canal |
E Washington County, extends NE between Lake Phelps and Scuppernong River. |
| Thomas Bay |
S extension of Cawcaw Swamp in SW Brunswick County between its junctions with Little Cawcaw Swamp and Shingletree Swamp. |
| Thomas Branch |
rises in SW Macon County and flows NW into Nantahala River. |
| Thomas Creek |
rises in W Wake County and flows SE into Little Whiteoak Creek. |
| Thomas Knob |
S Macon County between Pipe-track Gap and Watkins Creek. |
| Thomas Landing |
community in S Onslow County on Spicers Bay. |
| Thomas Peak |
NW Jackson County between Camp Creek and Shoal Creek. |
| Thomas Ridge |
N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, extends in a semicircle from Deep Creek N following the general curve of Oconaluftee River with its center near lat. 35°32'30" N., long. 83°22'03" W. Named for Col. William Holland Thomas (1805-93), native of Haywood County and chief of the Cherokee Indians. |
| Thomasboro |
community in SW Brunswick County. Named for Cornelius Thomas (1889-1961). |
