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Place Description
Clear View

community in E New Hanover County.

Cleaveland County

See Cleveland County.

Clegg

community in S Durham County.

Cleghorn Creek

rises in W central Rutherford County and flows SW into Broad River. The name occurs in deeds as early as 1764; perhaps named for John Cleghorn, pioneer settler.

Cleghorn Mountain

N Rutherford County at the head of Catheys Creek.

Clement

community in W Sampson County near Jones Swamp.

Clement Grove

park setting in Mocksville, Davie County. Site of annual Masonic picnic, benefit for Oxford orphanage since 1883. Land once belonged to Herbert Clement.

Clements Creek

See Blanket Creek.

Clemmons

town in SW Forsyth County. Known as Clemmonstown as early as 1816; inc. 1824 as Clemmonsville but later known simply as Clemmons. Alt. 792. Named for Peter Clemmons, who moved there from Delaware in 1777. Clemmons was the author of Poor Peter's Call to His Children, printed in Salisbury in 1812.

Clemmonsville Township

SW Forsyth County.