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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 |
|---|---|
| Burger Mountain |
W Cherokee County between Shoal Creek and Apalachia Lake. |
| Burgess |
community in N side of Harveys Neck in S Perquimans County. |
| Burgin Cove |
SE Buncombe County between Black Mountain and Ridgecrest. |
| Burgin Cove Branch |
rises in SE Yancey County and flows NW into Three Forks Creek. |
| Burgoin Gap |
E Macon County between Rough Knob and Moses Branch. |
| Burke County |
was formed in 1777 from Rowan County. Located in the W central section of the state, it is bounded by Catawba, Cleveland, Rutherford, McDowell, Avery, and Caldwell Counties. It was named for Thomas Burke (1744-83), member of the Continental Congress and governor of North Carolina. Area: 517 sq. mi. County seat: Morganton, with an elevation of 1,182 ft. Townships are Drexel, Icard, Jonas Ridge, Linville, Lovelady, Lower Creek, Lower Fork, Morganton, Quaker Meadow, Silver Creek, Smoky Creek, Upper Creek, and Upper Fork. Produces corn, soybeans, hay, oats, wheat, poultry, medical supplies, baked goods, textiles, furniture, sand, gravel, and mica. |
| Burke Mountain |
N Wilkes County extending N between North Fork Reddies River and Mulberry Creek. Probably named for James Burke (died 1776), pioneer settler. |
| Burkemont |
mountain peak in the South Mountains of S Burke County. |
| Burkes Creek |
rises in S Caswell County and flows NE into Pinson Creek. |
| Burkeville |
community in S Forsyth County served by post office, 1898-1902. |
