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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 |
|---|---|
| Willis Creek |
a tidal creek approx. 1 mi. long, flows E into Nelson Bay in E Carteret County. |
| Williston |
a community in E Carteret County on Williston Creek. Named for a local family, possibly that of John Williston, who settled there in 1745. |
| Williston Creek |
rises in E Carteret County and flows SE approx. 2½ mi. into Jarrett Bay. |
| Willits |
community on Scott Creek in N Jackson County. |
| Willow |
community in S Gates County on a branch of Trotman Creek. Post office est. 1878 as Willow Branch; closed 1913. |
| Willow Branch |
rises in E Bertie County and flows SE into Chowan River. |
| Willow Creek |
rises on the Buncombe-Haywood county line and flows NE across Buncombe County into Sandy Mush Creek. |
| Willow Falls |
rapids in Cape Fear River in central Harnett County NE of the town of Lillington. Mentioned as early as 1819 in a survey of the rivers. |
| Willow Green |
community in E Greene County. Settled prior to 1890. |
| Willow Point |
extends from the S mainland of Hyde County into Bell Bay. |
