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| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Mebane | town in E Alamance and W Orange Counties. Settled about 1854 and named for a local family. Inc. 1880 as Mebanesville; name changed 1883. Mepern's [Mebane's?] Tavern in the vicinity was mentioned by Bishop A. G. Spangenberg in 1752. The Bingham School was there from 1865 to 1891. Produces bedding, furniture, textiles, and apparel. Alt. 678. |
| Mecca | community in SW Surry County served by post office, 1898-1913. |
| Mechanic | community in W Randolph County. |
| Mechanicks Hill | See Robbins. |
| Mechanicsville | See Robbins. |
| Meck Neck | is modern colloquial term used to describe area in NW Mecklenburg County surrounded by waters of Lake Norman on three sides and Lincoln County on the n. |
| Mecklenburg County | was formed in 1762 from Anson County. Located in the S central section of the state, it is bounded by the state of South Carolina and by Gaston, Lincoln, Iredell, Cabarrus, and Union Counties. It was named for Princess Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818), who married George III in 1761. Area: 549 sq. mi. County seat: Charlotte, with an elevation of 795 ft. Home to banks, corporate offices, and professional football and basketball teams. Townships, now numbered 1 to 15, were formerly Charlotte, Berryhill, Steele Creek, Sharon, Providence, Clear Creek, Crab Orchard, Mallard Creek, Dewees, Lemley, Long Creek, Paw Creek, Morning Star, Pineville, and Huntersville. Produces corn, wheat, oats, cotton, eggs, poultry, dairy products, processed meat, baked goods, fabricated metals, textiles, industrial machinery, canned foods, paper products, chemicals, hosiery, apparel, furniture, snack foods, software, soybeans, peaches, tires, computers, aircraft parts, electronics, and asbestos products. |
| Medford Branch | rises in S Haywood County and flows NW into Browning Branch. |
| Medford Cove | E Haywood County between Brown Cove and Chambers Branch. |
| Medlin | former community in NW Swain County now within the bounds of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Settled before 1886 and named for Marion Medlin, popular Baptist minister who lived in the vicinity. After the property was acquired for the national park, houses and stores were torn down and moved. Only local family cemeteries remain to mark the site. |