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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
Capell Mills

community in N Richmond County served by post office, 1869-1905.
Capella

community in W Stokes County between Quaker Gap and East Prong Yadkin River.
Capelsie

community in S Montgomery County on Little River. Named for A. W. Capel and M. Elsie Shamburger, owners of a cotton mill est. there about 1870. Served by post office, 1902-16.
Capernium

community in SW Forsyth County.
Capps Hill

community in N Mecklenburg County on the head of Stuarts Creek.
Caraleigh

former community in central Wake County now within the city of Raleigh.
Caraway

community in central Randolph County served by post office, 1845-1932.
Caraway Creek

rises in NW Randolph County and flows S into Uwharrie River near town of Farmer. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. Traditionally an Indian name, probably a survival of Keyauwee, the name of an Indian tribe that inhabited the area when white men first entered it. See also Keeauwee.
Caraway Mountain

W Randolph County between Black Creek and Caraway Creek, which see. Appears on the Collet map, 1770, as a name applied to all of the small mountains between the Uwharrie and Deep Rivers.
Carbon City

community in W central Burke County. Formerly known as Calvin but renamed following the construction of the Great Lakes Carbon Company plant at the site.