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Place Description
Cardenas

community in S Wake County.

Careening Point

extended into North River estuary of Carteret County from the mainland on Moseley map, 1733. The name has fallen into disuse, though the point still exists.

Carl

community in E central Montgomery County served by post office, 1893-1909.

Carl Alwin Schenck Forest

central Wake County, approx. 3 mi. W of North Carolina State University. Covers 245 acres. Est. 1936 and afterward named in honor of Schenck (1865-1955) who, in 1898, founded the first forestry school in the United States at Biltmore Forest, which see. The school was closed in 1912. The Schenck Forest, owned and operated by the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, N.C. State University, is used for demonstration, research, and forest genetics. Schenck's ashes are scattered in the forest.

Carlile Island

See Colington Island.

Carlisle

community in NW Davidson County served by post office, 1886-1905.

Carlos

community in N Cumberland County.

Carlton

See Carroll.

Carmel

community in W Montgomery County served by post office, 1884-1915.

Carmen

community in N Madison County on Shelton Laurel Creek.