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Preface to the 2nd edition
Preface to the 1st edition
Acknowledgments

"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

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Place Description
Camerer Ridge

on the Haywood County, N.C.-Cocke County, Tenn., line in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Extends NE from Low Gap to Mount Camerer, then E approx. 2½ mi. to the valley of Pigeon River. Named in honor of A. B. Camerer, formerly of the U.S. Department of Interior, who was active in promoting the park.
Cameron

town in E Moore County. Inc. 1876 and named for a civil engineer who surveyed the Raleigh and Augusta Airline Railroad. Alt. 304.
Camerons Hill

See Johnsonville.
Camp Alamance

Civil War training camp near Company Shops, now Burlington, central Alamance County.
Camp Ashe

a Civil War training camp in New Hanover County, described in contemporary records as being "12 miles from Wilmington."
Camp Bay

a bay in central Columbus County filled with fine sand.
Camp Beauregard

Civil War training camp in W Warren County near the community of Ridgeway.
Camp Blackjack

See Bucklesberry Pocosin.
Camp Branch

rises in W Avery County and flows S into Horse Creek.
Camp Branch Falls

360-ft. waterfalls on the Nantahala River, Clay-Macon county line.