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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 |
|---|---|
| Conoconary Creek |
See Conoconnara Swamp. |
| Conoconnara Swamp |
rises 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 Township |
E Halifax County. |
| Conoho |
See Oak City. |
| Conoho Bend |
in the Roanoke River at the mouth of Conoho Creek in N Martin County. |
| Conoho Creek |
rises 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. |
| Conover |
town 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 Knob |
on the McDowell-Rutherford county line. Alt. 2,144. |
| Conrad Branch |
rises 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 Hill |
former site of a gold mine, central Davidson County near Holly Grove community. |
