Gazetteer
Place | Description |
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Cox Mill |
See Mill Grove. |
Cox Millpond |
on the Johnston-Wayne county line on Mill Branch, just before its confluence with Mill Creek. Named for an early Quaker family of Wayne County. |
Cox Point |
extends from E Onslow County into White Oak River. |
Cox Store |
community in E Polk County between Whiteoak Creek and Green River. Alt. 868. |
Cox's Falls |
formerly rapids in Neuse River in SW Wayne County but now submerged by Goldsboro Cooling Pond. Mentioned as early as 1819 in a survey of the rivers of North Carolina. |
Cox's Knob |
E Caldwell County. Alt. 2,430. Probably named for Matthew Cox, eighteenth-century settler. |
Cox's Mill |
former mill on Deep River, E central Randolph County. Was headquarters of David Fanning, noted leader of N.C. Tories, 1781-82. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. See also Coxsborough; Mill Creek. |
Coxcomb Mountain |
on the Buncombe-Yancey county line between Rocky Knob and Ogle Meadows. Alt. 5,443. |
Coxe Branch |
rises in N Yancey County and flows SE into Little Creek. |
Coxe's Store |
See Newton Grove. |