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Coppedge Crossroadscommunity in E Franklin County.
Copper BaldN Macon County at the head of Big Branch. Alt. 5,249.
Copper Creekrises in N Cherokee County between Groundhog Ridge and Copper Ridge and flows SE into Beaverdam Creek.
Copper Gapon the Swain County, N.C.-Sevier County, Tenn., line in Great Smoky Mountains National Park between Eagle Rock and Mount Sequoyah.
Copper KnobN Macon County between Rhinehardt Creek and Younce Creek.
Copper Mine Branchrises in central Clay County and flows SE into Pounding Creek.
Copper Mine Branchrises in Forest City, S central Rutherford County, and flows SE into Broad River.
Copper Mine Creekrises in N Lee County and flows SE into Hughes Creek. Named for a copper mine operated near its head. Many broken Indian arrowheads have been found on a knoll near its junction with Hughes Creek; since no perfect arrowheads have been found, it has been suggested that they were made at the site.
Copper Minesformer community in NW Alleghany County. Copper mines operated there during the Civil War.
Copper NeckW Chowan County S of the mouth of Rockyhock Creek. The name is a corruption of Cowpen Neck, the name of a plantation owned in 1747 by Charles West.