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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 |
|---|---|
| Walden Creek |
rises in SE Brunswick County and flows E into Cape Fear River. |
| Waldrop Branch |
rises in NE Cherokee County and flows S into Valley River. |
| Walker |
community in W Polk County on Harm Creek. Served by post office, 1894-1918. |
| Walker Bald |
W Haywood County SE of Potato Patch. Alt. 5,420. Named for Felix Walker (1753-1828), land speculator and member of Congress, whose cabin dwelling was at its base on upper Jonathan Creek. |
| Walker Branch |
rises in NE Buncombe County and flows W to join Corner Rock Creek in forming Dillingham Creek. Walker Falls are on the stream. |
| Walker Creek |
rises in S Transylvania County and flows NW into Little River. |
| Walker Falls |
waterfalls in NE Buncombe County on Walker Branch. |
| Walker Gap |
in Yellow Creek Mountains in N Graham County. |
| Walker Knob |
NE Buncombe County near Balsam Gap in the Great Craggy Mountains. |
| Walker Low Gap |
E Haywood County on Glades Mountain. |
