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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 |
|---|---|
| Topsail Inlet |
See Beaufort Inlet. |
| Topsail Island |
E Pender County. Barrier beach lying between Topsail Sound and the Atlantic Ocean. Approx. 8½ mi. long. |
| Topsail Sound |
extends NE from Mason Inlet, NE New Hanover County, across Pender County to Stump Inlet on the Onslow-Pender county line. It is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a barrier beach. The sound, about 17 mi. in length, is filled with tidal-marsh islands. Named for the fact that local residents watched from there for the appearance of topsails of approaching vessels. |
| Topsail Township |
SE Pender County. |
| Topsy |
community in W Gates County served by post office, 1901-10. Alt. 33. Settled about 1870. |
| Topton |
community in NE Cherokee County. Alt. 2,599. Named because it is at the top of a pass, Red Marble Gap. It is located very near the junction of Cherokee, Graham, and Macon Counties, and residents of all three counties consider themselves citizens of the community. |
| Torhunta |
a village of the Tuscarora Indians, appears on the Moseley map, 1733, at the head of Contentnea Creek in what is now W Wilson County. Many variant spellings include Tarhunta, Taughoutnith, Nahunta, Narhantes. Derives from Indian term meaning "it stays overnight." |
| Tories Den |
cave beneath Moores Knob on Sauratown Mountain in Hanging Rock State Park, W Stokes County. Entrance 12 ft. high and 10 ft. wide; cave about 25 ft. deep. Said to have been occupied by a band of Tories during the Revolutionary War. |
| Torrence Creek |
rises in N Mecklenburg County and flows W into McDowells Creek. |
| Tory Hole |
See Elizabethtown. |
