Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Coward Creek |
a small tidal stream flowing E through the swampy part of Oak Island into Molasses Creek in SE Brunswick County. |
| Coward Lake |
formed in 1950 in central Jackson County on Norton Creek. Covers 1 acre and has max. depth of 10 ft. Used for fishing. Not open to the public. |
| Coward Mountain |
extends from Moses Creek in central Jackson County NE to Coward Bald. |
| Cowarts |
community in central Jackson County on Caney Fork. |
| Cowee |
chief town of the Middle Cherokees, destroyed by the Rutherford Expedition, 1776. The mound on which the council house stood is a short distance NW of Franklin in central Macon County. The name is believed to have meant "place of the Deer Clan." Also spelled Keowee. |
| Cowee Bald |
on the Jackson-Macon county line. Alt. 5,085. |
| Cowee Creek |
rises in N Macon County and flows SW into Little Tennessee River. |
| Cowee Gap |
on the Jackson-Macon county line. |
| Cowee Mountains |
a range of mountains in SE Swain, E Macon, and W Jackson Counties. The Jackson-Macon county line follows the peak of the ridge. |
| Cowee Township |
NE Macon County. |