Outer Banks Gazetteer
Subtitle: The History of Place Names from Carova to Emerald Isle
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2021
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9781469662275
Subjects: America, history
Description: "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"--