NC Gazetteer

Wake County

… was formed in 1771 from Johnston, Cumberland, and Orange Counties. Located in the E central section of the state, it is bounded by Johnston, Harnett, Chatham, Durham, Granville, and Franklin Counties. It was named for Margaret Wake (1733-1819), wife of Governor William Tryon. Area: 867 sq. mi. County seat: Raleigh, with an elevation of 363 ft. Raleigh is also the state capital. Townships are Barton Creek, Buckhorn, Cary, Cedar Fork, Holly Springs, House Creek, Leesville, Little River, Marks Creek, Meredith, Middle Creek, Neuse River, New Light, Panther Branch, Raleigh, St. Marys, St. Matthews, Swift Creek, Wake Forest, and White Oak. Produces tobacco, corn, wheat, oats, cotton, poultry, dairy products, hogs, livestock, farm machinery, concrete products, baked goods, textiles, cottonseed oil, apparel, furniture, pharmaceuticals, packaged foods, software, nursery products, strawberries, pumpkins, crushed stone, and fabricated metals.

areas

Hurricane, The

bodies of water

Milburnie

branches

Big Branch
Big Branch
Big Branch
Big Branch
Buck Branch
Buckhorn Branch
Camp Branch
Cary Branch
Cemetery Branch
Crenshaw's Branch
Fall Branch
Ferrell's Springs Branch
Guffy Branch
Hall's Branch
Hatters Branch
Hinton's Branch
Jack's Branch
Jim Branch
Juniper Branch
Kenneth Branch
Little Branch
Long Branch
Long Branch
Lynn's Branch
Malloby's Branch
Neal Branch
Norris Branch
Panther Branch
Pigeon House Branch
Ray's Branch
Reedy Branch
Reedy Branch
Reedy Branch
Rocky Branch
Rocky Branch
Sexton's Branch
Wildcat Branch

brooks

Mill Brook

businesses or business districts

Research Triangle Park

cities

Raleigh

communities

Adams Crossroads
Asbury
Auburn
Ballentine's Mills
Bangor
Banks
Barham
Bayleaf
Beck
Bev Jones Crossroads
Blanchards
Bonsal
Boushell
Burt
Cairo
Cardenas
Carpenter
Cosma
Dennis Crossroads
Ewing
Falls
Fetner
Flint
Forestville
Friendship
Godsey
Green Level
Gulley's Mill
Gulley's Mills
Harricane
Hartsville
Holland
Holleman's Crossroads
Hopkins
Kadar
Kelvin Grove
Kennebec
Knights Crossroads
Lassiter
Leesville
Lemay
Lillian
Lizard Lick
Lul
Macedonia
Massey
McCuller
Method
Millbrook
Myatt's Mills
Nazareth
Nero
Neuse Crossroads
New Hill
New Light
Oberlin
Peace
Pernell
Perry Store
Pett
Pine Station
Purnell
Rands Mill
Rogers Crossroads
Rogers Store
Royal Cotton Mills
Shotwell
Sippihaw
Six Forks
Sylvasla
Tysonville
Upchurch
Vanteen
Veto
Wake Station
Wakefield
Westover
White Oak
Wilbon
Wilders Grove
Williams Crossroads
Willow Springs
Wyatt

creeks

Abbott's Creek
Austin Creek
Basal Creek
Beaverdam Creek
Beaverdam Creek
Beaverdam Creek
Beaverdam Creek
Beaverdam Creek
Beaverdam Creek
Beddingfield Creek
Big White Oak Creek
Brazel Creek
Brier Creek
Cary Creek
Cedar Creek
Crabtree Creek
Dutchman Creek
Fowlers Mill Creek
Hare Snipe Creek
Hector Creek
Hodges Mill Creek
Homing Creek
Honeycutt Creek
Horse Creek
House Creek
Hurricane Creek
Jennie's Creek
Kenneth Creek
Kit Creek
Ledge Creek
Little Beaverdam Creek
Little Brier Creek
Little Fall Creek
Little Laurel Creek
Little Ledge Creek
Little Whiteoak Creek
Lower Bartons Creek
Marks Creek
Marsh Creek
Mine Creek
Moccasin Creek
Mud Creek
New Light Creek
Panther Creek
Perry Creek
Perry Creek
Poplar Creek
Powell Creek
Richland Creek
Sal's Creek
Smiths Creek
Sorrell's Creek
Stirrup Iron Creek
Swift Creek
Sycamore Creek
Terrible Creek
Thomas Creek
Tom Jack Creek
Toms Creek
Turkey Creek
Upper Bartons Creek
Utley's Creek
Walnut Creek
Williams Creek

forests

Carl Alwin Schenck Forest

forks

Cedar Fork
Kelvyn Fork
Water Fork

former communities

Caraleigh
Varina

historical markers

Alexander B. Andrews 1841-1915 historical marker
Andrew Johnson 1808-1875 historical marker
Andrew Johnson 1808-1875 historical marker
Anna J. Cooper 1858-1964 historical marker
Artificial Limbs historical marker
Berry O'Kelly School historical marker
C. C. Crittenden 1902-1969 historical marker
Camp Bryan Grimes historical marker
Central Prison historical marker
Charles N. Hunter 1852-1931 historical marker
Clarence Poe 1881-1964 historical marker
Dorothea Dix Hospital historical marker
Edward A. Johnson 1860-1944 historical marker
Elmwood historical marker
Eugenics Board historical marker
Executive Mansion historical marker
Experimental Railroad historical marker
Fairgrounds Speedway historical marker
Fall Of Raleigh historical marker
Fannie E. S. Heck 1862-1915 historical marker
First N.C. State Fair historical marker
First Presbyterian Church historical marker
Freedmen's Convention historical marker
Gales Family historical marker
General Grant historical marker
Governor's Palace historical marker
Haywood Hall historical marker
Isaac Hunter's Tavern historical marker
J. Melville Broughton 1888-1949 historical marker
James H. Harris 1832-1891 historical marker
James H. Young 1860-1921 historical marker
Jane Mckimmon 1867-1957 historical marker
Joel Lane House historical marker
John Chavis Ca. 1762-1838 historical marker
John L. Taylor 1769-1829 historical marker
John S. Ravenscroft historical marker
Josephus Daniels 1862-1948 historical marker
Josiah W. Bailey historical marker
Lamar Stringfield 1897-1959 historical marker
Lawrence O’Bryan Branch historical marker
Leonard Medical School historical marker
Leonidas L. Polk 1837-1892 historical marker
Lunsford Lane historical marker
Mangum Terrace historical marker
Medical Society Of North Carolina historical marker
Meredith College historical marker
Methodist Orphanage historical marker
N.C. Colored State Fair historical marker
N.C. Division Of Archives And History historical marker
N.C. Pharmaceutical Association historical marker
N.C. State Fair, 1873-1925 / State Exposition Of 1884 / Camp Polk, 1918 historical marker
N.C. State Museum Of Natural Sciences historical marker
North Carolina Bar Association historical marker
North Carolina Dental Society historical marker
North Carolina Museum Of Art historical marker
North Carolina Museum Of History historical marker
North Carolina State Fair historical marker
North Carolina State Library historical marker
North Carolina State University At Raleigh historical marker
Oakwood Cemetery historical marker
Old Breastworks historical marker
Peace College historical marker
Pettigrew Hospital historical marker
R. Stanhope Pullen 1822-1895 historical marker
Raleigh And Gaston Railroad historical marker
Saint Mary's historical marker
Shaw University historical marker
St. Agnes historical marker
St. Augustine's College historical marker
State Bank Building historical marker
State Capitol historical marker
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee historical marker
The Governor Morehead School historical marker
The Governor Morehead School historical marker
The Governor Morehead School historical marker
Thomas R. Jernigan 1847-1920 historical marker
W. N. H. Smith historical marker
Wake Forest College Birthplace historical marker
Wake Forest University historical marker
Walter Hines Page 1855-1918 historical marker
William Boylan historical marker
William Polk 1758-1834 historical marker
William W. Holden 1818-1892 historical marker
Willis Smith historical marker

historical sites

Camp Mangum

lakes

Beaver Dam Lake
Falls Lake
Gresham's Lake
Jordan Lake
Lake Benson
Lake Gresham
Lake Johnson
Lake Mirl
Lake Raleigh
Lake Trojan
Lake Wheeler
Myra Lake
Neuseoco Lake
Sunset Lake

millponds

Partins Millpond
Thompsons Millpond

parishes

St. Margaret's Parish

parks

Reedy Creek State Park
William B. Umstead State Park

ponds

Hoods Pond
Johnsons Pond
Lassiters Mill Pond
Mack Perry Pond
Marshbourns Pond
McCullers Pond
Mills Pond
Myatts Pond
Perrys Pond
Robertsons Pond
Tarpleys Pond

rapids

Falls of the Neuse

regions

Coastal Plain Dialect Region
Piedmont Crescent
Piedmont Dialect Region

rivers

Neuse River

schools

Apex Colored School
Apex Friendship High School
Apex High School
Athens Drive High School
Berry O'Kelly School Agricultural Building
Cary High School
Central Wake High School
East Wake Academy
East Wake High School
Franklin Academy
Friendship School
Fuquay-Varina High School
Garner Magnet High School
Governor Morehead School
Green Hope High School
Green Level High
Heritage High School
Holly Springs High School
Jesse O. Sanderson High School
Knightdale High School
Leesville Road High School
Longleaf School of the Arts
Longview School
Middle Creek High School
Millbrook High School
Needham B. Broughton High School
North Wake College and Career Academy
Panther Branch School
Panther Creek High School
Phillips High School
Raleigh Charter High School
Riley Hill School
Rolesville High
SCORE Academy
South Garner High
Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School
Southern Wake Academy
St. Matthews School
Triangle Math and Science Academy
Vernon Malone College and Career Academy
W.E.B. DuBois School
Wake Early College of Health and Sciences
Wake Forest-Rolesville High School
Wake STEM Early College High School
Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy
Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy
Wakefield High School
William G. Enloe High School
Zebulon School

towns

Apex
Cary
Eagle Rock
Fuquay-Varina
Garner
Holly Springs
Knightdale
Morrisville
Rolesville
Wake Forest
Wendell
Zebulon

townships

Barton Creek Township
Buckhorn Township
Cary Township
Cedar Fork Township
Holly Springs Township
House Creek Township
Leesville Township
Little River Township
Marks Creek Township
Meredith Township
Middle Creek Township
Neuse River Township
New Light Township
Panther Branch Township
Raleigh Township
St. Marys Township
St. Matthews Township
Swift Creek Township
Wake Forest Township
White Oak Township