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Camp Creekrises in N Burke County and flows NW into Avery County, where it enters Linville River. Named for three brothers—Everette, Howard, and Arthur Camp—of Chicago, who were railroad builders in the vicinity.
Camp Creek Baldon Madison County, N.C.-Greene County, Tenn., line. Alt. 4,844.
Camp Creek MountainS central Avery County.
Camp Creek TownshipN central Rutherford County.
Camp DavisWorld War II antiaircraft training base at Holly Ridge, S Onslow County. Opened April 1941 and attained a maximum of 60,000 men and women; closed October 1944. Reopened briefly in the summer of 1945 as an air force convalescent hospital and redistribution station. Named for Maj. Gen. Richmond Pearson Davis (1866-1937), a native of North Carolina.
Camp Davisa Civil War training camp near Wilmington, W New Hanover County.
Camp FisherCivil War training camp near High Point, SW Guilford County.
Camp GapNW Macon County at the head of Camp Branch.
Camp GlennNational Guard camp, 1907-13, in Morehead City on site of Carolina City, which see. Also site of first U.S. Coast Guard air station, 1920-21.
Camp GreeneWorld War I training camp, 6,000 acres in area. Est. July 1917 and located in SW Charlotte; named for Gen. Nathanael Greene.