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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 |
|---|---|
| Tunnel Falls |
SE Haywood County on West Fork of Pigeon River. Water drops approx. 50 ft. Named because a small hole goes into the rock behind the falls, suggesting the entrance to a tunnel. |
| Tunnel Gap |
SE Haywood County on the head of East Fork Pigeon River. |
| Tunnel Ridge |
W Swain County, extends SE from Forney Ridge to Tunnel Branch. |
| Turkey |
town in E Sampson County served by post office since 1889. Settled about 1847; inc. 1913. Named for Turkey Creek, which flows a short distance N of the town. Alt. 153. |
| Turkey Branch |
rises in W central Halifax County and flows E approx. 1½ mi. into Jacket Swamp. |
| Turkey Cock Mountain |
See Hibriten Mountain; Hen Mountain. |
| Turkey Cove |
NW McDowell County. |
| Turkey Cove Branch |
rises in W Madison County and flows SE into Spring Creek. |
| Turkey Cove Gap |
W Madison County between Turkey Cove Branch and East Fork Shut-in Creek. |
| Turkey Creek |
rises in NW Bertie County and flows NW into Hertford County and into Ahoskie Creek. |
