| Cowarts | community in central Jackson County on Caney Fork. |
| Cowee | chief town of the Middle Cherokees, destroyed by the Rutherford Expedition, 1776. The mound on which the council house stood is a short distance NW of Franklin in central Macon County. The name is believed to have meant "place of the Deer Clan." Also spelled Keowee. |
| Cowee Bald | on the Jackson-Macon county line. Alt. 5,085. |
| Cowee Creek | rises in N Macon County and flows SW into Little Tennessee River. |
| Cowee Gap | on the Jackson-Macon county line. |
| Cowee Mountains | a range of mountains in SE Swain, E Macon, and W Jackson Counties. The Jackson-Macon county line follows the peak of the ridge. |
| Cowee Township | NE Macon County. |
| Cowee Tunnel | See Dillsboro. |
| Coweeta | community in SW Macon County between the Nantahala Mountains and Little Tennessee River near Otto. Alt. 2,875. U.S. Forest Service hydrologic laboratory is located there. Older residents and old records use the spelling Coweta. Federal officials adopted the spelling Coweeta, and it now appears on maps and in official records. |
| Coweeta Creek | rises in S Macon County and flows NE into Little Tennessee River. |