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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
Camp Butner

former army post in Durham, Granville, and Person Counties. Est. 1942; closed 1946. Infantry training center, convalescent hospital, and reassignment center. Housed Axis prisoners of war. Named for Maj. Gen. Henry Wolfe Butner (1875-1937), native of Surry County. See also Butner.
Camp Call

community in central Cleveland County on Little Harris Creek.
Camp Campbell

a Civil War training camp near Kinston in E Lenoir County.
Camp Canal

Civil War training camp in Carteret County, probably at or near Morehead City.
Camp Chronicle

a World War I training camp located on the W side of present S. Linwood Street, Gastonia, central Gaston County. Operated in connection with an artillery range at the foot of Crowders Mountain. Named for Maj. William Chronicle, killed at the Battle of Kings Mountain, 1780.
Camp Clingman

former Confederate camp in Asheville (French Broad Avenue near Philip Street), central Buncombe County. Named for Thomas L. Clingman, U.S. senator and brigadier general in the Confederate army.
Camp Crabtree

Civil War training camp located approx. 3 mi. N of Raleigh on "Crabtree," the plantation of Kimbrough Jones Sr.
Camp Creek

rises in W Stokes County and flows NE into Cascade Creek.
Camp Creek Bald

on Madison County, N.C.-Greene County, Tenn., line. Alt. 4,844.
Camp Creek Mountain

S central Avery County.