This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XSB.2ACE/12418.1 Message Board Post: William S. Powell's "The North Carolina Gazetteer: A dictionary of Tar Heel places" doesn't include "The Pines" or "Pines." It is probably a local designation, rather than an 'official' name.