The North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places and Their History
- ISBN-10
- 0807898295
- ISBN-13
- 9780807898291
- Category
- Reference
- Pages
- 608
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-06-15
- Publisher
- Univ of North Carolina Press
- Authors
- William S. Powell, Michael Hill
Description
The North Carolina Gazetteer first appeared to wide acclaim in 1968 and has remained an essential reference for anyone with a serious interest in the Tar Heel State, from historians to journalists, from creative writers to urban planners, from backpackers to armchair travelers. This revised and expanded edition adds approximately 1,200 new entries, bringing to nearly 21,000 the number of North Carolina cities, towns, crossroads, waterways, mountains, and other places identified here. The stories attached to place names are at the core of the book and the reason why it has stood the test of time. Some recall faraway places: Bombay, Shanghai, Moscow, Berlin. Others paint the locality as a little piece of heaven on earth: Bliss, Splendor, Sweet Home. In many cases the name derivations are unusual, sometimes wildly so: Cat Square, Huggins Hell, Tater Hill, Whynot. Telling us much about our own history in these snapshot histories of particular locales, The North Carolina Gazetteer provides an engaging, authoritative, and fully updated reference to place names from all corners of the Tar Heel State.
Get the book
Similar books
-
The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places and Their History
By William S. Powell, Michael R. HillNorth Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places and Their History
-
North Carolina Governor Richard Caswell: Founding Father and Revolutionary Hero
By Joe A. Mobley“By the close of the colonial period,” writes historian A. Roger Ekirch, “North Carolina's economy was more expansive and prosperous than it had been in earlier years.
-
Encyclopedia of North Carolina
By William S. PowellThe first single-volume reference to the events, institutions, and cultural forces that have defined the state, the Encyclopedia of North Carolina is a landmark publication that will serve those who...
-
The Outer Banks Gazetteer: The History of Place Names from Carova to Emerald Isle
By Roger L. PayneAustin Creek, cove, 0.02 mi. wide, Dare County, Hatteras Township (USGS 2002: Hatteras). Docking basin in Pamlico Sound for Hatteras-Ocracoke Ferry 1.1 mi. sw of Hatteras (village). Austin is Outer Banks surname, especially in Hatteras ...
-
Shipbuilding in North Carolina, 1688-1918
By William N. Still Jr., Richard A. StephensonThe work of shipbuilding craftsmen and entrepreneurs contributed to the colony's and the state's economy from the era of exploration through the age of naval stores to World War I. The study includes an inventory of 3,300 ships and 270 ...
-
George Washington's 1791 Southern Tour
By Warren L. BinghamAuthor Warren Bingham reveals the history and lore of the most beloved American president and his survey of the newly formed southern United States. Includes photos
-
Edward A. Wild and the African Brigade in the Civil War
By Frances H. CasstevensRobert E. Lee to Je›erson Davis, in A. L. Long, Memoirs of Robert E. Lee: His Military and Personal History Embracing a Large Amount of ... 2¡–34, cited in W. Buck Yearns and John G. Barrett, North Carolina Civil War Documentary, pp.
-
A Delicious Country: Rediscovering the Carolinas along the Route of John Lawson's 1700 Expedition
By Scott HulerPowell, William S. The North Carolina Gazetteer. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina ... ed. The Encyclopedia of North Carolina. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2006. Prosser, Chad. Beautiful Places: The Timeless ...
-
History of Anson County, North Carolina, 1750-1976
By Mary L. MedleyMiss Finlay trained at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and she recalls taking patients to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester as a student. During World War I, she served at Fort Doge Hospital in Iowa. She came to Anson County and ...
-
Native American Placenames of the United States
By William BrightIn Making dictionaries : Preserving indigenous languages of the Americas , ed . by William Frawley et al . , 322–35 . Berkeley : University of California Press . Bright , William , and Willem de Reuse . 2002.