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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 |
|---|---|
| Turner Crossroads |
community in E Cleveland County. Alt. 985. |
| Turner Mountain |
central Surry County. Alt. approx. 2,100. |
| Turner Swamp |
rises in NE Wayne County and flows N into Wilson County, where it enters Black Creek. |
| Turner Top |
NW Cherokee County between Copper and Sular Creeks. |
| Turner's Crossroads |
See Lewiston. |
| Turners |
community in N Polk County between Green River and Walnut Creek. |
| Turners Creek |
See Nevil Creek. |
| Turners Cut |
an extension of the Dismal Swamp Canal, W Camden County, from near the canal's former mouth in the Pasquotank River to a point farther downstream, bypassing a very narrow section of the river. The Intra-coastal Waterway passes through Turners Cut. |
| Turners Lake |
See Lake Adger. |
| Turnersburg |
community in NE Iredell County on Rocky Creek. Settled 1849 and named for Wilford Turner, local landowner. A nineteenth-century textile mill on Rocky Creek there was the first in the county; it was burned before 1900, but it was rebuilt and is still in operation. Alt. 791. |
