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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 |
|---|---|
| Walkertown |
community in NE Buncombe County. |
| Walkeys |
community in SW Union County. |
| Walks, The |
series of immovable natural stepping stones below Flat Shoals of Watauga River near the Tennessee line in NW Watauga County. They are regularly placed across the river, and one may walk over them even when the stream is swollen, hence the name. |
| Walkup |
community in SW Union County served by post office, 1885-1908. Also spelled Wauchope. William R. Davie's assault on Tories took place, 1780, on Wauchope plantation. |
| Walla Watta |
community in N central Beaufort County, lat. 35°35' N., long. 76°52'15" W. Named by Surry Parker, local lumberman, for Wallace and Waters families, who lived here. Alt. 34. |
| Wallace |
town in S Duplin County. Post office est. 1866. Alt. 51. Inc. 1873 as Duplin Roads. Name changed to Wallace in honor of Stephen D. Wallace, vice president of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, prior to 1899, in which year the town was reincorporated. Produces textiles. |
| Wallace Branch |
rises in SE Union County and flows NE into Little Brown Creek. |
| Wallace Channel |
NE Carteret County, a navigable lane in Ocracoke Inlet running NW and se. Appears by the name on the Price survey of Ocracoke Inlet, 1795. Named for David Wallace Jr., whose house on Portsmouth Island was used as a sighting point by pilots using the channel entering the Atlantic Ocean. Sometimes referred to as Beacon Island Road in the eighteenth century. |
| Wallace Creek |
rises in NE Alexander County and flows S in Greasy Creek. Probably named for Richard Wallace, pioneer Baptist minister. |
| Wallace Gap |
SW Macon County between the head of Allison Creek and Nantahala River. |
