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"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
Jack Creek

rises in central Beaufort County and flows E into Nevil Creek.
Jack Gap

central Buncombe County between Pine Knob and Bartlett Mountain.
Jack Island Swamp

W Duplin County on Nahunga Creek.
Jack Knob

E Macon County between Passmore Knob and Watauga Creek.
Jack Smith Creek

rises in central Craven County SW of New Bern and flows NE into Neuse River. It forms a part of the limits of New Bern.
Jack Swamp

flourished as a community on the stream of that name in N Northampton County from about 1775, when a Quaker meetinghouse was built there, until about 1812, by which time most of the people had moved to central North Carolina and to Ohio.
Jack Trail Mountain

W Madison County between Little Creek and Meadow Fork.
Jack's Branch

rises in E central Wake County and flows SE into Neuse River.
Jackdaw

community in S central Stanly County.
Jacket Swamp

rises in W central Halifax County and flows SE into Burnt Coat Swamp.