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Some place names included in The North Carolina Gazetteer contain terms that are considered offensive.
"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 |
|---|---|
| Copeland Creek |
rises in W Ashe County and flows SE into North Fork New River. |
| Coppedge Crossroads |
community in E Franklin County. |
| Copper Bald |
N Macon County at the head of Big Branch. Alt. 5,249. |
| Copper Creek |
rises in N Cherokee County between Groundhog Ridge and Copper Ridge and flows SE into Beaverdam Creek. |
| Copper Gap |
on the Swain County, N.C.-Sevier County, Tenn., line in Great Smoky Mountains National Park between Eagle Rock and Mount Sequoyah. |
| Copper Knob |
N Macon County between Rhinehardt Creek and Younce Creek. |
| Copper Mine Branch |
rises in central Clay County and flows SE into Pounding Creek. |
| Copper Mine Creek |
rises in N Lee County and flows SE into Hughes Creek. Named for a copper mine operated near its head. Many broken Indian arrowheads have been found on a knoll near its junction with Hughes Creek; since no perfect arrowheads have been found, it has been suggested that they were made at the site. |
| Copper Mines |
former community in NW Alleghany County. Copper mines operated there during the Civil War. |
| Copper Neck |
W Chowan County S of the mouth of Rockyhock Creek. The name is a corruption of Cowpen Neck, the name of a plantation owned in 1747 by Charles West. |
