Statewide County NcArchives History .....Misfit Names 1892
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.org/nc/ncfiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Guy Potts gpotts1@nc.rr.cm October 25, 2007, 10:17 pm

Daily Charlotte Observer, 24 Aug 1892

Some Misfit Names of Places

Towns Which Have the Wrong Names for the Counties They are In

T.C. Harris in North Carolina Teacher.

If a stranger from another state were to look over a map of North Carolina he 
would find some perplexing cases where the names of certain towns seem to be 
misfit as regards the names of their respective counties. This may sometimes 
account for mail-matter going wrong or failing to reach the person addressed 
within a reasonable time.

For example, he would expect to find both Asheville and Asheboro in Ashe 
County, but instead of that arrangement he finds the former in Buncombe and 
the latter in Randolph County. He would naturally look for Greensboro and 
Greenville in Greene County, instead of Guilford and Pitt, while he would see 
Pittsboro not in Pitt County at all, but in Chatham. Beaufort ought to be in 
Beaufort County, instead of Carteret, while Washington, in Beaufort County, 
should be in Washington County. Mooresville in Iredell County should be in 
Moore County, and Jonesboro, in Moore County, would seem best suited to Jones 
County. Haywood, in Chatham, ought to be in Haywood County, while the capital 
of that county would just suit Wayne.

Why was not Jackson put in the county of that name instead of Northampton, and 
Franklin, as well as Franklinton, in Franklin County? Then there is Macon, in 
Warren County instead of Macon, and Hertford in Perquimans instead of Hertford 
County. Yanceyville, in Caswell County, he could see as well in Yancey County, 
and Rockingham he would put in Rockingham County, instead of Richmond.

Columbus is in Polk County, and Polkton is in Anson County, while Columbus 
County has not even Columbia. Davidson College is not in Davidson County, nor 
is Yadkin College in Yadkin County. Neither Alexanders nor Alexandriana is in 
Alexander County. Graham would seem best in Graham County, and Lenoir just 
suits Lenoir County. Vanceboro might have been put in Vance County, instead of 
Craven, Gaston in Gaston County, and Madison in Madison County, instead of 
Rockingham.

There may be other cases of apparent misfit, but these are enough. So when you 
direct a letter be sure to "put the county on."


File at: http://files.usgwarchives.org/nc/statewide/history/other/misfitna7nms.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/

File size: 2.8 Kb