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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 |
|---|---|
| Cox Knob |
E Yancey County between the forks of Long Branch and Crabtree Creek. |
| Cox Mill |
See Mill Grove. |
| Cox Millpond |
on the Johnston-Wayne county line on Mill Branch, just before its confluence with Mill Creek. Named for an early Quaker family of Wayne County. |
| Cox Point |
extends from E Onslow County into White Oak River. |
| Cox Store |
community in E Polk County between Whiteoak Creek and Green River. Alt. 868. |
| Cox's Falls |
formerly rapids in Neuse River in SW Wayne County but now submerged by Goldsboro Cooling Pond. Mentioned as early as 1819 in a survey of the rivers of North Carolina. |
| Cox's Knob |
E Caldwell County. Alt. 2,430. Probably named for Matthew Cox, eighteenth-century settler. |
| Cox's Mill |
former mill on Deep River, E central Randolph County. Was headquarters of David Fanning, noted leader of N.C. Tories, 1781-82. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. See also Coxsborough; Mill Creek. |
| 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. |
