List of North Carolina placenames of Native American origin
The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of North Carolina whose names are derived from Native American languages.
Listings
[edit]Counties
[edit]- Alamance County
- Alleghany County
- Catawba County
- Cherokee County – named after the Cherokee people.
- Town of Cherokee
- Chowan County
- Currituck County
- Pamlico County
- Pasquotank County
- Perquimans County
- Watauga County
- Yadkin County[1][2][3]
Settlements
[edit]Bodies of water
[edit]- Calabash River
- Chattooga River
- Chatuge Lake
- Cheoah River
- Chinquapin Branch
- Little Chinquapin Branch
- Chocowinity
- Chowan River
- Cohooque Creek
- Contentnea Creek
- Cullasaja River
- Donoho Creek
- Eno River
- Great Coharie Creek
- Hyco River
- Lake Mattamuskeet
- Lake Santeetlah
- Lake Tahoma
- Lake Waccamaw
- Little Tennessee River
- Meherrin River
- Moccasin Creek
- Moccasin Creek (Contentnea Creek tributary)
- Mocassin Run
- Nahunta Swamp
- Nantahala Lake
- Nolichucky River
- Nottely River
- North Pacolet River
- Nottoway River
- Oconaluftee River
- Pamlico River
- Pocoson Branch
- Pocoson Branch (Trent River tributary)
- Possum Swamp
- Possumquarter Creek
- Potecasi Creek
- Raccoon Branch
- West Prong Raccoon Creek
- Saponi Creek
- Sapony Creek
- Little Sapony Creek
- Scuppernong River
- Seneca Branch
- Shaddox Creek
- Shocco Creek
- Swannanoa River
- Tallulah River
- Tellico River
- Tuckahoe Creek
- Tuckasegee River
- Uwharrie River
- Waccamaw River
- Wiccacon River
Other
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-10-13. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Index". 30 November 2009. Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ^ "North Carolina Indian Tribes". 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
Sources
[edit]- Bright, William (2004). Native American Place Names of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
- Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America. Oxford: Oxford University Press.