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"The North Carolina Gazetteer is a geographical dictionary in which an attempt has been made to list all of the geographic features of the state in one alphabet. It is current, and it is historical as well. Many features and places that no longer exist are included; many towns and counties for which plans were made but which never materialized are also included. Some names appearing on old maps may have been imaginary, but many of them also appear in this gazetteer.
Each entry is located according to the county in which it is found. I have not felt obliged to keep entries uniform. The altitude of a place, the date of incorporation of a city or town, may appear in the beginning of one entry and at the end of another. Some entries may appear more complete than others. I have included whatever information I could find. If there is no comment on the origin or meaning of a name, it is because the information was not available. In some cases, however, resort to an unabridged dictionary may suggest the meaning of many names."
--From The North Carolina Gazetteer, 1st edition, preface by William S. Powell
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Coggins Branch |
rises in W Haywood County, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, near lat. 35°39'08" N., long. 83°06'12" W., and flows NE into Little Cataloochee Creek. |
| Coggins Mine |
community in N Montgomery County named for local gold mine operated on Coggins farm. |
| Coglin Creek |
rises in S Onslow County and flows W into New River. |
| Cognac (cog-nack) |
community in E Richmond County. Settled about 1890 and first known as Eighty-Nine Mile Siding for its distance from Raleigh. Renamed for the town in France or the brandy produced there. Alt. 400. |
| Coharie River |
is formed in S Sampson County by the junction of Little Coharie and Great Coharie Creeks and flows SE for approx. 6 mi. to join Six Runs Creek in forming Black River. |
| Cohary Swamp |
See Great Coharie Creek. |
| Cohooque |
community in SE Craven County served by post office, 1880-1914. |
| Coinjock |
community in S central Currituck County. Inc. 1893 as Arlington but dissolved by court order, March 1894, because of technical inaccuracy in description of the boundary. As early as 1830, a post office there was called Coenjock, the same name used by Bishop Thomas Coke in writing of a visit there in 1785. On Intracoastal Waterway. Originally located where Barco is today; moved S when Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal was built. Other early spellings were Cornjack and Cowenjock. Alt. 5. |
| Coinjock Bay |
in the waters of Currituck Sound, central Currituck County, between Church Island and the mainland. |
| Cokes |
community in E Granville County. |
