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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 |
|---|---|
| Brassfield |
community in S Durham County. Named for a local family. Formerly known as Flemington; name changed prior to 1865. |
| Brassfield Township |
SE Granville County. |
| Brasstown |
community in SW Clay County on Ledford Branch. Alt. 1,650. Reputedly named because of confusion of two Cherokee words of similar sound but different meaning-itse'yi (a place made green with vegetation) and untsai'yi (brass). The John C. Campbell Folk School, on a 175-acre farm, is there. |
| Brasstown Creek |
rises in S Clay County and flows NW to the Cherokee-Clay county line, which it forms for a short distance before flowing into Hiwassee River. |
| Brasstown Gap |
S Clay County on the headwaters of Beach Creek. |
| Brasstown Knob |
N Jackson County on Coward Mountain. |
| Brasstown Township |
SE Clay County. |
| Braswell |
community in NW Columbus County. |
| Braswells Crossroads |
community in S Halifax County. |
| Brave Mountain |
on the N end of Buck Mountain in W Haywood County. |
