Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Cooktown |
community in N Mitchell County on Holison Creek. |
| Cool Run |
community in SW Brunswick County. |
| Cool Spring |
See Scuppernong. |
| Cool Spring Branch |
rises in SE Union County and flows N into Lanes Creek. |
| Cool Spring Precinct |
See Scuppernong Township. |
| Cool Spring Township |
E central Iredell County. |
| Cool Springs Township |
SE Rutherford County. |
| Cooleemee |
town in S Davie County on the South Yadkin River. Inc. 1985. Site of former Fisher's Ford. Cotton mill est. there and named for Cooleemee Plantation, which see. Post office est. 1900. Produced textiles. Alt. 840. |
| Cooleemee Plantation |
E Davie County overlooking the Yadkin River. Land purchased by the Hairston family in 1817; plantation house, with four wings in the form of a cross from a central hall, begun in 1850, completed in 1854. Still owned by the Hairston family. Origin of the name unknown, but legend says that Revolutionary War major Peter Hairston had fought the Creek Indians in Florida; he returned home with a young Indian captive who could remember only one word of his native tongue, the word Cooleemee, believed to mean "place where the white oak grows." |
| Coolers Knob Mountain |
W Randolph County between Cedar Rock Mountain and Brush Mountain. |