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This content is from the North Carolina Gazetteer, edited by William S. Powell and Michael Hill. Copyright © 2010 by the University of North Carolina Press. Used by permission of the publisher. For personal use and not for further distribution. Please submit permission requests for other use directly to the publisher.
Some place names included in The North Carolina Gazetteer contain terms that are considered offensive.
"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
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Bank Mountain |
N Henderson County between Garren Mountain and Kyles Creek. |
| Bank Point |
extends from SE Pasquotank County into Pasquotank River on the S shore of Little Flatty Creek. |
| Banks |
community in S Wake County. |
| Banks Branch |
rises in W Hertford County and flows NE into Meherrin River. |
| Banks Channel |
in Topsail Sound, S Pender County near New Topsail Inlet. |
| Banks Creek |
rises in S Yancey County and flows NW into Price Creek. |
| Banner Branch |
rises in N Stokes County and flows SW into Snow Creek. |
| Banner Elk |
town in NE Avery County on Elk River at the mouth of Shawneehaw Creek. Alt. 3,710. Inc. 1891 as Shawneehaw; reincorporated 1911 as Banner Elk. First settlers said to have arrived at the site about 1825. Named for the Banner family, early settlers on the Elk River. Lees-McRae College is there. |
| Banner Elk Creek |
rises in E Avery County and flows N into Elk River. |
| Banner Elk Township |
NE Avery County. |
