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Cohary SwampSee Great Coharie Creek.
Cohooquecommunity in SE Craven County served by post office, 1880-1914.
Coinjockcommunity in S central Currituck County. Inc. 1893 as Arlington but dissolved by court order, March 1894, because of technical inaccuracy in description of the boundary. As early as 1830, a post office there was called Coenjock, the same name used by Bishop Thomas Coke in writing of a visit there in 1785. On Intracoastal Waterway. Originally located where Barco is today; moved S when Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal was built. Other early spellings were Cornjack and Cowenjock. Alt. 5.
Coinjock Bayin the waters of Currituck Sound, central Currituck County, between Church Island and the mainland.
Cokescommunity in E Granville County.
Cokesburycommunity in E Vance County on the head of Rocky Branch; named for Methodist bishops Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury.
Cokesburycommunity in N Harnett County. Early center of Methodism in Cape Fear area. Named for Thomas Coke (1747-1814) and Francis Asbury (1745-1816), Methodist bishops. Nearby, Buckhorn Iron Furnace operated during Civil War and until 1873.
Cokey Swamprises in SE Nash County and flows SE into W Edgecombe County, where it enters Town Creek. An Indian village, Tiancok, which see, appears on the site on the Comberford map, 1657. Tyancoka Creek appears on the Collet map, 1770, at the location, and the spelling Tincoco and Tiancoco are used on other maps. See also Redmans Old Field.
Cokey TownshipSee Edgecombe County.
Colbert Creekrises in S Yancey County and flows SE into South Toe River.