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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 |
|---|---|
| Weed Patch Mountain |
on the Henderson-Ruther ford county line. |
| Weedy Mountain |
SE Buncombe County near the Rutherford County line SE of Jarvis Mountain. |
| Weeks Point |
See Swansboro. |
| Weeksville |
community in S Pasquotank County on New Begun Creek. Named for families of James and Charles Weeks, local landowners. Known as New Begun Creek until about 1890. Older W section of the community sometimes is known as Old Weeksville. |
| Wehutty |
community in W Cherokee County on Rocky Ford Creek. |
| Wehutty Mountain |
W Cherokee County between Rocky Ford and Shoal Creeks. |
| Weightman Branch |
rises in central Davidson County and flows S into Swearing Creek. |
| Weil |
former community in central Wayne County near the junction of Little and Neuse Rivers. Site of a brickyard and a railroad station near the site of the old county seat of Waynesboro. |
| Weir Point |
point of land on NW end of Roanoke Island, NE Dare County. The William B. Umstead Bridge, approx. 3 mi. long and opened on December 22, 1956, extends from the point to Redstone Point on the N Dare County mainland; named for N.C. governor William B. Umstead (1895-1954). |
| Weitock River |
See White Oak River. |
