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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 Creek Township

N central Rutherford County.
Camp Davis

World War II antiaircraft training base at Holly Ridge, S Onslow County. Opened April 1941 and attained a maximum of 60,000 men and women; closed October 1944. Reopened briefly in the summer of 1945 as an air force convalescent hospital and redistribution station. Named for Maj. Gen. Richmond Pearson Davis (1866-1937), a native of North Carolina.
Camp Fisher

Civil War training camp near High Point, SW Guilford County.
Camp Gap

NW Macon County at the head of Camp Branch.
Camp Glenn

National Guard camp, 1907-13, in Morehead City on site of Carolina City, which see. Also site of first U.S. Coast Guard air station, 1920-21.
Camp Greene

World War I training camp, 6,000 acres in area. Est. July 1917 and located in SW Charlotte; named for Gen. Nathanael Greene.
Camp Grier Lake

W McDowell County on a tributary of Mill Creek; 1/5 mi. long, about 1 mi. NW of Old Fort. A summer camp is operated there by the Presbyterian Church. Formerly known as Lake Refuge.
Camp Hebron

S Watauga County on Boone Fork, operated for girls.
Camp Hill

a Civil War training camp described as being near Garysburg in Northampton County. It was also referred to as a "camp of instruction."
Camp Jeter

former Confederate camp in Asheville (Cherry Street-Flint Street section), central Buncombe County.