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Place Description
Cunningham

community in NW Person County. Named for John W. Cunningham, local landowner and planter. Post office, Cunningham's Store, operated there from 1816 to 1908.
Cunningham Creek

rises in S Macon County and flows NE into Shope Fork.
Cunningham Field

U.S. Marine Corps Air Station, 1941, named for aviator A. A. Cunningham. Renamed Cherry Point, which see, 1942.
Cunningham Mill

See Monroeton.
Cunningham Mill

community is S Rockingham County. Site of grist mill prior to 1759.
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.