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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
Chandler Knob

N Madison County near the head of Revere Creek.
Chandler's Grove

See Chandler.
Chaney Creek

rises in central Onslow County and flows SW into New River.
Chapanoke

community in E Perquimans County. Named for an Indian village, Chepanoc, the site of which probably is on Wade Point, Pasquotank County. The name apparently was an Indian word for "land of the dead." Alt. 15.
Chapel Branch

rises in SW Hertford County and flows NW into Cutawhiskie Swamp. See also St. Johns (community).
Chapel Creek

rises in S Pasquotank County and flows SE into Big Flatty Creek.
Chapel Hill

town in SE Orange County, seat of the University of North Carolina, which opened January 16, 1795. A committee to lay out the town was authorized by the trustees of the university on December 8, 1792, and lots were first sold on October 12, 1793. Appears on the Samuel Lewis map published in Carey's atlas in 1795. Inc. 1819. Named for the Church of England New Hope Chapel, which once stood at the crossroads on the wooded hill. Alt. 501.
Chapel Hill Township

SE Orange County.
Chapel Swamp

NW Tyrrell County on the W side of Scuppernong River. Named for St. Paul's Church, which stood in the vicinity in the eighteenth century.
Chaplin's Stand

See Bixby.