Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Carr Township |
E Durham County. |
| Carr's Mount |
community in central Anson County on N outskirts of Wadesboro. Alt. 445. Site of a silk mill in the early twentieth century. Other mills operated there from early nineteenth century; early fairgrounds and racetrack were there. |
| Carraway Creek |
rises in S central Wayne County and flows NW approx. 5 mi. into Neuse River. First known as Michael's Creek for the owner of surrounding land, Michael Rosher. Land sold to John Carraway in 1743 and the name of the creek changed. |
| Carrboro |
town in SE Orange County immediately W of Chapel Hill. Alt. 500. Settled 1898. Inc. 1911 as Venable; named for Francis P. Venable (1856-1934), president of the University of North Carolina. Changed to Carrboro, 1913, for Julian S. Carr (1845-1924), who est. a textile mill there. |
| Carrell Knob |
on the Cherokee-Clay county line in the Valley River Mountains. |
| Carrikers |
community in S Cabarrus County named for local family. |
| Carringer Gap |
N Graham County between Yellow Creek and Cochran Creek. |
| Carrol Gap |
near the SE base of Carroll Mountain, W Clay County between the headwaters of Sweetwater and Qualls Creeks near lat. 35°02'45" N., long. 83°51'20" W. |
| Carrol Knob |
S Macon County between Jones Creek and the head of North Fork Coweeta Creek. |
| Carroll |
community in W Duplin County served by post office, 1899-1902. Named for Charles Carroll, postmaster. |