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 Counties

Alamance County Alleghany County Catawba County Catawba Catawba River South Fork Catawba River Cherokee County – named after the Cherokee people. Town of Cherokee Chowan County Currituck County Pamlico County Pasquotank County Pasquotank River Perquimans County Perquimans River Watauga County Watauga River Yadkin County Yadkinville Yadkin College Yadkin River South Yadkin River Little Yadkin River

Settlements

Ahoskie Altamahaw Arapahoe Bogue Bolivia Burgaw Coinjock Cullowhee Etowah Hatteras Hatteras Inlet Hatteras Island Hiwassee Township of Hiawassee Hiwassee River Hiwassee Reservoir Hobucken Lake Toxaway Lake Toxaway Manteo Neuse Forest Neuse River Ocracoke Ocracoke Inlet Ocracoke Island Ossipee Roanoke Island Roanoke River Roanoke Canal Sauratown Mountains Saxapahaw Swannanoa Wakulla Wanchese Waxhaw

Bodies of water

Calabash River Chattooga River Chatuge Lake Chatuge Dam Cheoah River Chinquapin Branch Little Chinquapin Branch Chocowinity Chocowinity Bay Chowan River Cohooque Creek Contentnea Creek Little Contentnea Creek Cullasaja River Donoho Creek Eno River Great Coharie Creek Little Coharie Creek Hyco River Hyco Creek South Hyco Creek Hyco Lake 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 Nantahala River Nantahala National Forest Southern Nantahala Wilderness Nolichucky River Nottely River North Pacolet River Nottoway River Oconaluftee River Pamlico River Pamlico Sound 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 Little Shaddox Creek Shocco Creek Little Shocco Creek Swannanoa River Tallulah River Tellico River Tuckahoe Creek Tuckasegee River Uwharrie River Little Uwharrie River Waccamaw River Wiccacon River

Other Bogue Banks

See also List of place names of Native American origin in the United States

References Citations

Sources 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.