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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 |
|---|---|
| Warsaw Township |
W central Duplin County. |
| Warwick Bay |
a natural lake in E Robeson County. One of the Carolina Bays, which see. Approx. 1¾' mi. long and 1 mi. wide. Drained from the SE by Peter Swamp. Known also as Lennon's Marsh and Lennon's Mill Pond. Now a privately owned wildfowl refuge with ducks, egrets, and cranes. |
| Warwick County |
On December 4, 1771, in the General Assembly, a bill for establishing the N part of Orange County as Warwick County and St. Stephens Parish was read for the second time and rejected. |
| Warwick Creek |
rises on the Chowan-Gates county line and flows SW through Welsh Pond, where it joins Trotman Creek in forming Catherine Creek. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. A brick house, still standing, built on the creek in 1746 was an early trading center. |
| Warwick Mill Pond |
E Robeson County on Jacob Swamp. Covers 10 acres; max. depth 10 ft. |
| Wash Creek |
rises in central Henderson County and flows SE into Mud Creek. |
| Wash Hollow |
S Haywood County on Sam Branch. |
| Wash Ridge |
W Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a short spur extending SE from Shanty Mountain; center near lat. 35°37'07" N., long. 83°08'15" W. |
| Wash Woods |
community and former Life Saving Station 4 mi. S of the Virginia line on Currituck Banks, NE Currituck County. Named for hundreds of old stumps there, exposed at low tide. A post office operated there, 1907-17, named Deals. |
| Washburn |
community in W Cleveland County. Alt. 960. Settled 1875. Named for W. W. Washburn, a county commissioner. |
