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Place Description
Copper Creek

rises in N Cherokee County between Groundhog Ridge and Copper Ridge and flows SE into Beaverdam Creek.

Copper Gap

on the Swain County, N.C.-Sevier County, Tenn., line in Great Smoky Mountains National Park between Eagle Rock and Mount Sequoyah.

Copper Knob

N Macon County between Rhinehardt Creek and Younce Creek.

Copper Mine Branch

rises in central Clay County and flows SE into Pounding Creek.

Copper Mine Creek

rises in N Lee County and flows SE into Hughes Creek. Named for a copper mine operated near its head. Many broken Indian arrowheads have been found on a knoll near its junction with Hughes Creek; since no perfect arrowheads have been found, it has been suggested that they were made at the site.

Copper Mines

former community in NW Alleghany County. Copper mines operated there during the Civil War.

Copper Neck

W Chowan County S of the mouth of Rockyhock Creek. The name is a corruption of Cowpen Neck, the name of a plantation owned in 1747 by Charles West.

Copper Ridge

NW Cherokee County, extends NE from Nin Ridge.

Copper Swamp

rises in E Martin County and flows W into Gardners Creek.

Copperas Bald

mountain in W Avery County.