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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 |
|---|---|
| Wests Mill |
community on Cowee Creek in N Macon County. In 1767 Thomas Griffiths, a South Carolina planter, shipped several tons of fine white clay, taken from a nearby pit, to the Wedgwood potteries in England. |
| Wet Ash Swamp |
rises in Green Swamp in W Brunswick County and flows W into Waccamaw River. |
| Wet Creek |
rises in W Moore County and flows N into Cabin Creek. |
| Wet Hollow |
S Cherokee County; a mountain valley SW of Rocky Pen Ridge near the mouth of Crane Creek. |
| Wethero Mountain |
between Cox Creek and Clear Creek in N Henderson County. |
| Weyanok Creek |
See Potecasi Creek. |
| Weyanoke Creek |
is mentioned in the Carolina Charter of 1665, in which the N boundary of the province is described as lying "within or about the degrees of 36 and 30 minutes northern latitude." It is shown on one version of the Comberford map, 1657, as Weyanoke River and on the other as Wepanoke River, one of several rivers flowing into Chowan River. Name soon fell out of use. Virginians thought it was intended to refer to Wiccacon River, while North Carolinians thought it was Nottoway River. Owing to the disagreement, a strip 15 mi. wide was long in dispute. |
| Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve |
a 403-acre tract of forest land SE of Southern Pines, SE Moore County. Vegetation varies from dense hardwood swamp forest to open stands of longleaf pine. Given to the state of North Carolina by Katharine (Mrs. James) Boyd in 1963. Alt. 350 to 500 ft. |
| Whale Camp Point |
See Camp Point. |
| Whale Head Bay |
in Currituck Sound off the W shore of Currituck Banks, E Currituck County a short distance S of Corolla. |
