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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 |
|---|---|
| Trantham Creek |
rises in SE Buncombe County near Flat Top Mountain and flows SW into Cane Creek. |
| Trantus |
community in SW Martin County served by post office, 1901-1904. |
| Trap |
community in NE Bertie County. Named because a local tavern about 1860 "trapped" men of the community, according to their wives. |
| Trap Branch |
rises in NE Swain County and flows W into Straight Fork. |
| Trap Hill Township |
NE Wilkes County. |
| Traphill |
community in N Wilkes County E of Little Sandy Creek. Area settled by 1775. In 1833 a town to be named Johnsonville (for an invalid Revolutionary War veteran wounded at Kings Mountain, Capt. Samuel Johnson, who died the next year) was authorized to be laid out at Trap Hill but never developed. A post office to serve the community was est. there in 1837 and named Trap Hill for hunter William Blackburn's rail-pen snare, which he frequently set on a nearby hill to catch wild turkeys. |
| Traps Bay |
S Onslow County on the E side of New River nears its mouth. Named for Capt. Cornelius Trap, who was living in the county in 1746. |
| Traps Creek |
rises in SE Onslow County and flows SW into Traps Bay. |
| Traverse Creek |
rises in E Guilford County and flows NE into Alamance County, where it enters Haw River. |
| Travis |
community in NW Tyrrell County N of Scuppernong River. |
