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Place Description
Conoho

See Oak City.

Conoho Bend

in the Roanoke River at the mouth of Conoho Creek in N Martin County.

Conoho Creek

rises in NW Martin County and flows SE into Roanoke River. Appears as Coneyhoe Creek on the Collet map, 1770. The headwaters of Conoho Creek are called Fort Branch on the Collet map.

Conover

town in central Catawba County. Settled 1871. Inc. 1877. Alt. 1,060. Named by Mrs. John Seitz, local resident, for Canova, the Italian sculptor whose statue of George Washington was destroyed by the fire that leveled the capitol in Raleigh in 1831. Produces furniture, lumber, and textiles.

Conoway Knob

on the McDowell-Rutherford county line. Alt. 2,144.

Conrad Branch

rises in NW Haywood County on the N side of Cooks Knob and flows NE approx. 1½ mi to join Woody Branch in forming Little Cataloochee Creek.

Conrad Hill

former site of a gold mine, central Davidson County near Holly Grove community.

Conrad Hill Township

E central Davidson County.

Conrads

community in E Yadkin County served by post office, 1880-1905.

Contara

See Whitewater Falls.