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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
Carr

community in NW Orange County.
Carr Township

E Durham County.
Carr's Mount

community in central Anson County on N outskirts of Wadesboro. Alt. 445. Site of a silk mill in the early twentieth century. Other mills operated there from early nineteenth century; early fairgrounds and racetrack were there.
Carraway Creek

rises in S central Wayne County and flows NW approx. 5 mi. into Neuse River. First known as Michael's Creek for the owner of surrounding land, Michael Rosher. Land sold to John Carraway in 1743 and the name of the creek changed.
Carrboro

town in SE Orange County immediately W of Chapel Hill. Alt. 500. Settled 1898. Inc. 1911 as Venable; named for Francis P. Venable (1856-1934), president of the University of North Carolina. Changed to Carrboro, 1913, for Julian S. Carr (1845-1924), who est. a textile mill there.
Carrell Knob

on the Cherokee-Clay county line in the Valley River Mountains.
Carrikers

community in S Cabarrus County named for local family.
Carringer Gap

N Graham County between Yellow Creek and Cochran Creek.
Carrol Gap

near the SE base of Carroll Mountain, W Clay County between the headwaters of Sweetwater and Qualls Creeks near lat. 35°02'45" N., long. 83°51'20" W.
Carrol Knob

S Macon County between Jones Creek and the head of North Fork Coweeta Creek.