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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 |
|---|---|
| Windsor Township |
S central Bertie County. |
| Windsors |
community in E Wilkes County named for Isaac Windsor, early settler. |
| Windy Gap |
N Buncombe County between North Knob and Chestnut Knob. |
| Windy Point |
on the N side of Pettivers Creek at its junction with White Oak River. |
| Wine Spring Bald |
W Macon County between Middle Ridge and Rocky Bald. Alt. 5,445. |
| Wine Spring Creek |
rises on McDonald Ridge, W Macon County, and flows NW into Nantahala Lake. |
| Wines Top |
peak at SW end of Glade Mountain in E Haywood County. Alt. approx. 4,375. |
| Winfall |
town in central Perquimans County. Inc. 1887. Alt. 16. |
| Winfrey Gap |
on the Cherokee-Clay county line. Alt. 3,493. |
| Wing |
community in W central Mitchell County on Snow Creek. Named for Charles Hallet Wing (1836-1915), professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who settled nearby and in 1887 opened a lending library of about 15,000 volumes. It was the first free public library in the state and the third county library in the United States. See also Ledger. |
