Cow Island | See Bodie Island. |
Cow Island | higher ground surrounded by swamp, S Duplin County. |
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. |