| Cow Pond Branch | rises in NW Craven County and flows S into Neuse River. |
| Cow Swamp | rises in S Pitt County and flows NE into Chicod Creek. |
| Cowan | See Burgaw. |
| Cowan Cove | the valley through which the upper course of Smith Mill Creek flows in central Buncombe County. |
| Cowan Knob | on the W end of Lizzy Mountain in central Jackson County. |
| Cowan's Ford | over Catawba River at the Lincoln-Mecklenburg county line, now under the waters of Lake Norman. Cornwallis, pursuing Gen. Nathanael Greene, crossed the Catawba there after a sharp fight on February 1, 1781, in which Gen. William Lee Davidson was slain. |
| Coward Bald | peak at NE end of Coward Mountain in E Jackson County. Alt. 5,200. |
| Coward Creek | a small tidal stream flowing E through the swampy part of Oak Island into Molasses Creek in SE Brunswick County. |
| Coward Lake | formed in 1950 in central Jackson County on Norton Creek. Covers 1 acre and has max. depth of 10 ft. Used for fishing. Not open to the public. |
| Coward Mountain | extends from Moses Creek in central Jackson County NE to Coward Bald. |