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Place Description
Cemetery Branch

rises in central Wake County within the limits of Raleigh and flows N into Pigeon House Branch.

Center

community in W Davie County. Est. in the 1820s as a camp-meeting ground. A post office est. there operated under the name Selena in 1889-90; changed to Bailey, 1890-1902. Community retains original name.

Center Grove

community in central Granville County.

Center Grove Township

N central Guilford County.

Center of North Carolina

See Geographic Center.

Center Township

central Chatham County.

Centerville

See Kelly.

Central Falls

community on Deep River, central Randolph County. Long the site of one or more textile mills. Named for minor falls on the river, now obliterated by dams constructed for water power.

Central Township

central Bladen County.

Centre

community in S Guilford County. Named for Centre Friends Meeting, begun in 1757.