North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places and Their History

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 S

The rich history of North Carolina's Outer Banks is reflected in the names of its towns, geographic features, and waterways. A book over twenty years in the mak

A geographical dictionary which provides the origins and history of twenty thousand place names in the Tar Heel State