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Place Description
Cunningham Mountain

N Henderson County between Fletcher Branch and Clark Gap.

Cunningham Township

NW Person County.

Curfew

community in SW McDowell County. Site of store, post office, and one-room schoolhouse.

Curl

community in central Montgomery County.

Curl Tail Creek

rises in NW Stanly County and flows NE in an arc into Riles Creek. Named for its meandering course. Known in 1903 as Fraley Branch.

Currie

community in SW Pender County. Alt. 33. Settled about 1888. Named for John H. Currie, a director of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad. Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, February 27, 1776, the first battle of the Revolution in North Carolina, was fought nearby. Moores Creek National Military Park, a 30-acre tract with numerous historical monuments and a museum, is at the site.

Curries Branch

rises in N Columbus County and flows S into West Prong Creek.

Curriesville

community in S Moore County est. as railroad stop in 1920s.

Currituck

community and county seat, central Currituck County. Mentioned in local records as early as 1755. In 1822 a commission was appointed to purchase 20 acres around the courthouse, if local citizens voted approval, to lay out a town to be named Crawford. The proposal was defeated. Alt. 8.

Currituck Banks

or North Banks of Currituck, in E Currituck County, one of the Outer Banks, extends S from Virginia to Bodie Island in E Dare County. All or a part of Currituck Banks is shown as Lucks Island on the Comberford map, 1657. See also Lucks Island; Croatamung; Point Bacon; Goade Island.