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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 |
|---|---|
| Woodcock Knob |
W Caldwell County. Alt. approx. 2,500. |
| Woodenton |
See Woodington. |
| Woodfin |
community in central Buncombe County on the E bank of French Broad River NW of Asheville. |
| Woodford |
community in NW Ashe County. |
| Woodington |
community in S Lenoir County. Named by Richard Caswell, who acquired a plantation there about 1767 before becoming governor. Name sometimes appears as Woodenton in nineteenth-century records. |
| Woodington Township |
SE Lenoir County. |
| Woodland |
town in E Northampton County. Alt. 72. Inc. 1883. Settled about 1835. Named for the Wood family, early Quaker settlers. Produces lumber. See also George. |
| Woodlawn |
community in NW McDowell County in Turkey Cove and on Limekiln Creek. Site of Cathey's Fort, a rendezvous point for the state militia led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee Indians in 1776. |
| Woodleaf |
town in N Rowan County. Inc. 1909, but long inactive in municipal affairs. A post office was est. there in 1855 with Daniel Wood as first postmaster. Alt. 711. A large gravel pit is worked there. |
| Woodleigh |
community on Knotts Island in NE Currituck County. |
