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Place Description
Connelly Creek

rises in SE Swain County and flows NW into Tuckasegee River.

Connelly Mountain

E Swain County, between Chestnut Cove Creek and Improvement Creek.

Connelly Springs

town in E central Burke County on Island Creek approx. 2 mi. E of Valdese. Settled before the Civil War and named Happy Home. Later, the Connelly family developed a resort there around mineral springs. Named for Mrs. William L. Connelly. Inc. 1920. Alt. 1,195.

Conner Mill Branch

rises in central Haywood County and flows N into Pigeon River.

Connestee Falls

in S Transylvania County in Carson Creek. Said to have been named for Indian Princess Connestee.

Connor

community in W Wilson County near Turkey Creek. Post office, 1890-1904.

Conoby Creek

See Conaby Creek.

Conoconary Creek

See Conoconnara Swamp.

Conoconnara Swamp

rises in central Halifax County and flows NE into Roanoke River. It appears as Conoconary Creek on the Collet map, 1770. Conoconnara, the 2,500-acre plantation of Thomas Pollock Sr., was located there in 1721. Before the American Revolution, a Church of England chapel stood near the banks of the stream.

Conoconnara Township

E Halifax County.