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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 |
|---|---|
| Wagner Branch |
rises in central Buncombe County near Beard Mountain and flows NW into Reems Creek. |
| Wagon Road Gap |
on the Haywood-Transylvania county line at the NW tip of Wagon Road Ridge. Began as a foot trail for man and horse on way to Brevard; later was widened for 2-wheeled wagons to haul salt and other provisions and eventually to accommodate large, 4-wheeled wagons, hence the name. The Blue Ridge Parkway now crosses the Wagon Road there. Alt. 4,535. |
| Wagon Road Ridge |
extends SE in N Transylvania County from Pisgah Ridge on the Haywood-Transylvania county line to the confluence of the forks of Bearwallow Brook. |
| Wagon Timber Branch |
rises in central Cherokee County and flows SE into Colvard Creek. |
| Wagoner |
community in E central Ashe County. |
| Wagram |
town in E Scotland County. Known first as Montpelier, then (around 1900) as Fontcal. Inc. 1911 as Wagram. Probably named for the Austrian town where a battle was fought in 1809 during the Napoleonic Wars. Alt. 250. |
| Wagstaff Store |
community in W Person County. |
| Wahoo |
community in NW Alexander County on Middle Little River. |
| Wahtom Pocosin |
NW Bertie County. |
| Wahtom Swamp |
rises in NW Bertie County and flows SE into Cashie River. |
