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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 |
|---|---|
| Wolf Rock |
peak in S Macon County between Fishhawk Mountain and Tater Hill. |
| Wolf Swamp |
rises in N Onslow County and flows SE into Northeast Creek. |
| Wolfden Branch |
rises in S Watauga County and flows SW into Buffalo Creek. |
| Wolfden Knob |
N Buncombe County between Rich Knob and Lane Pinnacle. |
| Wolfden Ridge |
E Mitchell County at the head of Little Bear Creek. |
| Wolfert Creek |
See Tusk Creek. |
| Wolfharbor Branch |
rises in S Franklin County and flows SE into Nash County, where it enters Turkey Creek. |
| Wolfington |
See Hoggard's Mill. |
| Wolfpen Creek |
rises in central Henderson County and flows NW into Clear Creek. Also known locally as Bengle Creek. |
| Wolfpen Gap |
N Jackson County between Black Mountain and West Fork [Moses Creek]. |
