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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 |
|---|---|
| Cooleemee |
town in S Davie County on the South Yadkin River. Inc. 1985. Site of former Fisher's Ford. Cotton mill est. there and named for Cooleemee Plantation, which see. Post office est. 1900. Produced textiles. Alt. 840. |
| Cooleemee Plantation |
E Davie County overlooking the Yadkin River. Land purchased by the Hairston family in 1817; plantation house, with four wings in the form of a cross from a central hall, begun in 1850, completed in 1854. Still owned by the Hairston family. Origin of the name unknown, but legend says that Revolutionary War major Peter Hairston had fought the Creek Indians in Florida; he returned home with a young Indian captive who could remember only one word of his native tongue, the word Cooleemee, believed to mean "place where the white oak grows." |
| Coolers Knob Mountain |
W Randolph County between Cedar Rock Mountain and Brush Mountain. |
| Cooley Creek |
rises in central Franklin County and flows NE into Neal Gut. |
| Coollyconch Mountain |
a sandy loam elevation in NW Cumberland County on the Fort Bragg Military Reservation. |
| Coombs Fork |
community in W Jones County. |
| Coon Creek |
rises in E Macon County and flows SW into Watauga Creek. |
| Coon Hollow |
S Haywood County on a tributary of Middle Prong. |
| Coon Mountain |
N central Alexander County. Alt. 1,520. |
| Coontree Branch |
rises in N Transylvania County near Coontree Mountain and flows S into Davidson River. |
