NC Gazetteer

Dillsboro

Also known as: Cowee Tunnel, Webster Station
A town in Jackson County
… town in N Jackson County on the Tuckasegee River. Inc. 1889 and named for William A. Dills, founder of the town and member of the General Assembly, 1889-91. Post office first est. there in 1852 as Cowee in the home of Dills, whose wife was postmistress. Known as Webster Station from 1882 until 1889.