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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
Castle of Thundertontrenck

See Lenox Castle.
Castle Tryon

See Russellborough.
Castle, The

an island of approx. 1/10 acre in the Pamlico River, W Beaufort County, about 350 yards offshore from the town of Washington. Site of shipbuilding activity in nineteenth century.
Castletons Creek

See Raccoon Creek.
Castoria

community in N central Greene County. A noted pre-Civil War plantation house of the name still exists there and gave its name to the community. Probably named for Castor, one of the Greek mythological Dioscuri twins.
Casville

community in W Caswell County. Known as Dove's Crossroads until about 1962.
Caswell

See Point Caswell.
Caswell Beach

the S beach front on Oak Island, SE Brunswick County.
Caswell Branch

rises in SW Warren County and flows S into Shocco Creek.
Caswell County

was formed in 1777 from Orange County. In the N central section of the state, it is bounded by the state of Virginia and by Person, Orange, Alamance, and Rockingham Counties. It was named for Richard Caswell (1729-89), member of the First Continental Congress, major general in the Revolutionary War, and first governor of the state of North Carolina. Area: 435 sq. mi. County seat: Yanceyville, with an elevation of 619 ft. Townships are Anderson, Dan River, Hightowers, Leasburg, Locust Hill, Milton, Pelham, Stony Creek, and Yanceyville. Produces wheat, oats, corn, tobacco, livestock, hogs, textiles, meat, clothing, lumber, crushed stone, and sand.