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Conoconary CreekSee Conoconnara Swamp.
Conoconnara Swamprises in central Halifax County and flows NE into Roanoke River. It appears as Conoconary Creek on the Collet map, 1770. Conoconnara, the 2,500-acre plantation of Thomas Pollock Sr., was located there in 1721. Before the American Revolution, a Church of England chapel stood near the banks of the stream.
Conoconnara TownshipE Halifax County.
ConohoSee Oak City.
Conoho Bendin the Roanoke River at the mouth of Conoho Creek in N Martin County.
Conoho Creekrises in NW Martin County and flows SE into Roanoke River. Appears as Coneyhoe Creek on the Collet map, 1770. The headwaters of Conoho Creek are called Fort Branch on the Collet map.
Conovertown in central Catawba County. Settled 1871. Inc. 1877. Alt. 1,060. Named by Mrs. John Seitz, local resident, for Canova, the Italian sculptor whose statue of George Washington was destroyed by the fire that leveled the capitol in Raleigh in 1831. Produces furniture, lumber, and textiles.
Conoway Knobon the McDowell-Rutherford county line. Alt. 2,144.
Conrad Branchrises in NW Haywood County on the N side of Cooks Knob and flows NE approx. 1½ mi to join Woody Branch in forming Little Cataloochee Creek.
Conrad Hillformer site of a gold mine, central Davidson County near Holly Grove community.