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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 |
|---|---|
| Watkinsville |
community in NE Stokes County NW of Sandy Ridge served by post office, 1878-1904. |
| Watson |
See Watsonville. |
| Watson Creek |
rises in N Union County and flows SE into Richardson Creek. |
| Watson Crossroads |
community in NW Wayne County near a tributary of Great Swamp. |
| Watson Gap |
SE Watauga County on the head of Dugger Creek. |
| Watson's Mill |
See Worrell Mill Pond. |
| Watsons Pond |
S Hoke County on Little Raft Swamp. Formed 1865 and known first as Edens Pond and later as Johnsons Pond. Covers 50 acres; max. depth 7 ft. |
| Watsonville |
community in central Rowan County served by post office, 1874-1903. |
| Watts Creek |
rises in SE Stokes County and flows SE into Town Fork Creek. |
| Watts Cross Roads |
community in NE Cabarrus County. |
