The North Carolina gazetteer : a dictionary of Tar Heel places and their history

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Where to find it

Davis Library (5th floor)

Call Number
F252 .P6 2010 c. 2
Status
Available
Call Number
F252 .P6 2010
Status
Available

North Carolina Collection (Wilson Library)

Call Number
C910.3 P88n 2010
Status
Available
Call Number
C910.3 P88n 2010 c. 2
Status
In-Library Use Only

North Carolina Collection (Wilson Library) — Reading Room

Call Number
CR910.3 P88n 2010
Status
In-Library Use Only
Call Number
CR910.3 P88n 2010 c. 2
Status
In-Library Use Only
Item Note
At reference counter.

Park Library (School of Media & Journalism)

Call Number
F252 .P6 2010
Status
Available

School of Government Library — Reference

Call Number
F252 .P6 2010
Status
In-Library Use Only

Summary

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.

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