| Cullowhee Mountain | W Jackson County, extends N from Hunter Jim Creek to Webster Creek. Alt. 4,411. |
| Cullowhee Township | W central Jackson County. |
| Cumberland | town in W Cumberland County. Settled 1850. Known as Beaver Creek for the stream on which it is located until 1889, when it was inc. Long inactive in municipal affairs. Alt. 125. |
| Cumberland County | was formed in 1754 from Bladen County. Located in the SE section of the state, it is bounded by Sampson, Bladen, Robeson, Hoke, Harnett, and Moore Counties. It was named for William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65), second son of George II, who was commander of English troops at the Battle of Culloden in 1746 in which Scottish Highlanders were defeated. His extreme severity earned him the nickname of "The Butcher." It is ironic that the county named for him should have been settled by Scottish Highlanders. Area: 662 sq. mi. County seat: Fayetteville, with an elevation of 107 ft. Townships are Beaver Dam, Black River, Carvers Creek, Cedar Creek, Cross Creek, Eastover, Grays Creek, Manchester, Pearces Mill, Rockfish, and Seventy-First. Produces tobacco, corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, cotton, poultry, bakery products, textiles, dairy products, machinery, and lumber. See also Fayette County; Choffington. |
| Cumberland Gap | central Cherokee County near the junction of Rose and Dockery Creeks. |
| Cumberland Knob | NW Surry County. Alt. 2,885. Construction on the Blue Ridge Parkway began there September 11, 1935. Cumberland Knob Recreation Area with picnic grounds and hiking trails is there. Said to have been named by Dr. Thomas Walker, a Virginia explorer, for his patron, the Duke of Cumberland, in the 1750s. |
| Cummins Creek | rises in NE Onslow County and flows SE into Grants Creek. |
| Cumnock | community in NW Lee County. The Egypt coal mine is there; it operated at intervals from 1855 until 1928 and supplied coal for Confederate blockade runners. The community was named Egypt because large crops of corn produced in the area brought in buyers from the outside as in the biblical story of Joseph. Post office name changed to Cumnock in 1895 for an official of the mine. Alt. 259. |
| Cundiff Creek | rises in S Surry County and flows SE into Yadkin River. |
| Cunningham | community in NW Person County. Named for John W. Cunningham, local landowner and planter. Post office, Cunningham's Store, operated there from 1816 to 1908. |