The Outer Banks gazetteer : the history of place names from Carova to Emerald Isle / Roger L. Payne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Payne, Roger L., 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Names, Geographical--North Carolina--Outer Banks.

Names, Geographical.

Outer Banks (N.C.)--Gazetteers.

Outer Banks (N.C.).

Outer Banks (N.C.)--History.

North Carolina--History, Local.

North Carolina.

Local history.

North Carolina--Outer Banks.

Genre:

Gazetteers.

History.

Local history.

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

xi, 338 pages : maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021]

Summary:

"The Outer Banks of North Carolina contain a rich history, legible in the names of its towns, geographic features, and waterways. A book over 20 years in the making, The Outer Banks Gazetteer is a comprehensive and encyclopedic reference guide to the names of places that make up the Outer Banks-over 3,000 entries in all. In collecting the origins of the region's place names, Roger L. Payne has also amassed an incredible history of the Outer Banks. Payne gives detailed histories on the names of beaches, inlets, towns, islands, rivers, and even sand dunes. There are also many entries for locations that no longer exist-such as inlets that have disappeared due to erosion or storms, abandoned towns, and Native American villages-highlighting important and nearly forgotten places in North Carolina's history. Going beyond simply recounting the facts behind the names, Payne offers information-packed and entertainingly written stories of North Carolina, its coastal geography, and its people"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: The Nature of Names and Naming

The Outer Banks Defined

Sounds and Inlets

Native American (Indigenous)

Derived Names

Subdivisions, Neighborhoods, and Communities

Post Offices and Influence on Community Names

The U.S. Board on Geographic Names and the N.C. Board on Geographic Names

How to Use the Gazetteer

The Outer Banks Gazetteer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781469662275

1469662272

9781469662282

1469662280

OCLC:

1178867719