| 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. |
| 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. |