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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.
Some place names included in The North Carolina Gazetteer contain terms that are considered offensive.
"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 |
|---|---|
| White Branch |
rises in N Buncombe County and flows SW into Flat Creek. |
| White Creek |
rises in S central Avery County and flows SE into Linville River. |
| White Creek Township |
in S Bladen County. |
| White Cross |
community in S Orange County. A post office there, 1880-1906, was known as Gath. |
| White Hall |
community in central Cabarrus County. |
| White Hall Landing |
in SE Bladen County on the Cape Fear River. An important early trading center. |
| White Hill |
community in SW Lee County at the Moore County line. Took its name from a Presbyterian church there on a small knoll of very white sand. A former post office there, 1887-1906, was known as Villanow. The community has also been known as Caviness Crossroads. |
| White Horse Branch |
rises in S Lee County and flows S into Little River. |
| White House |
community in SW Randolph County served by post office, 1849-1908. |
| White Hurricane Knob |
on the Buncombe-Yancey county line SE of Cane River Gap. Appears on recent State Highway Commission maps as Mahogany Knob. |
