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Cow IslandSee Bodie Island.
Cow Islandhigher ground surrounded by swamp, S Duplin County.
Cow Pond Branchrises in NW Craven County and flows S into Neuse River.
Cow Swamprises in S Pitt County and flows NE into Chicod Creek.
CowanSee Burgaw.
Cowan Covethe valley through which the upper course of Smith Mill Creek flows in central Buncombe County.
Cowan Knobon the W end of Lizzy Mountain in central Jackson County.
Cowan's Fordover 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 Baldpeak at NE end of Coward Mountain in E Jackson County. Alt. 5,200.
Coward Creeka small tidal stream flowing E through the swampy part of Oak Island into Molasses Creek in SE Brunswick County.