North Carolina Gazetteer browse
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Colson's Mill | See Coulson Ordinary. |
| Colt Creek | rises in SE Henderson County and flows NE into Polk County, where it enters Pacolet River. |
| Columbia | See Ramseur. |
| Columbia | town and county seat in N Tyrrell County on Scuppernong River. Alt. 10. Originated as a trading post, Shallop's Landing; inc. 1793 as Elizabeth Town. Name changed to Columbia in 1801. Became county seat in 1802. Name is poetic appellation for the United States. Produces lumber. |
| Columbia Township | N central Tyrrell County. |
| Columbia Township | E central Randolph County. |
| Columbia Township | NE Pender County. |
| Columbus | town authorized to be est. on the lands of Jesse Nixon, NE Randolph County, in 1812. Apparently the town was never laid out. A post office at the proposed site on Sandy Creek in 1828 was called Nixon's. |
| Columbus | town and county seat, S Polk County on the head of Whiteoak Creek. Inc. 1857. Named for Dr. Columbus Mills, state legislator who was instrumental in the formation of the county. Alt. 1,145. |
| Columbus County | was formed in 1808 from Brunswick and Bladen Counties. Located in the SE section of the state, it is bounded by the state of South Carolina and by Robeson, Bladen, Pender, and Brunswick Counties. It was named for Christopher Columbus. Area: 954 sq. mi. County seat: Whiteville, with an elevation of 59 ft. Townships are Bogue, Bolton, Bug Hill, Cerro Gordo, Chadbourn, Fair Bluff, Lees, Ransom, South Williams, Tatums, Waccamaw, Welch Creek, Western Prong, Whiteville, and Williams. Produces tobacco, corn, soybeans, oats, peanuts, pecans, cotton, cucumbers, cotton, poultry, livestock, hogs, fish, sweet potatoes, wood products, tires, air filters, chemicals, packaging, watermelons, fertilizer, paper, lumber, textiles, and catfish. |