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This content is from the North Carolina Gazetteer, edited by William S. Powell and Michael Hill. Copyright © 2010 by the University of North Carolina Press. Used by permission of the publisher. For personal use and not for further distribution. Please submit permission requests for other use directly to the publisher.
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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 |
|---|---|
| Coxcomb Mountain |
on the Buncombe-Yancey county line between Rocky Knob and Ogle Meadows. Alt. 5,443. |
| Coxe Branch |
rises in N Yancey County and flows SE into Little Creek. |
| Coxe's Store |
See Newton Grove. |
| Coxsborough |
town authorized to be laid off in 1797 at or near Cox's Mill, E central Randolph County at the junction of Mill Creek and Deep River. Warehouses for inspection of agricultural products were to be est. there in connection with navigation up and down Deep River. Apparently the town was never set. See also Cox's Mill. |
| Coxville |
community in S Pitt County. |
| Cozad Branch |
rises in NE Cherokee County and flows SE into Morris Creek. |
| Cozad Gap |
NE Cherokee County in the Snowbird Mountains. |
| Cozart |
community in SW Granville County served by post office, 1889-1905. Alt. 332. |
| Crab Creek |
rises in E Alleghany County and flows NW into Little River. |
| Crab Creek Township |
W Henderson County. |
