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Place Description
Cow Hole Branch

rises in N Duplin County and flows S into Goshen Swamp.
Cow Island

higher ground surrounded by swamp, S Duplin County.
Cow Island

See Bodie Island.
Cow Pond Branch

rises in NW Craven County and flows S into Neuse River.
Cow Swamp

rises in S Pitt County and flows NE into Chicod Creek.
Cowan

See Burgaw.
Cowan Cove

the valley through which the upper course of Smith Mill Creek flows in central Buncombe County.
Cowan Knob

on the W end of Lizzy Mountain in central Jackson County.
Cowan's Ford

over Catawba River at the Lincoln-Mecklenburg county line, now under the waters of Lake Norman. Cornwallis, pursuing Gen. Nathanael Greene, crossed the Catawba there after a sharp fight on February 1, 1781, in which Gen. William Lee Davidson was slain.
Coward Bald

peak at NE end of Coward Mountain in E Jackson County. Alt. 5,200.