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Chickorack RiverSee South Creek.
ChicodSee Simpson.
Chicod Creekrises in W Beaufort County and flows NW into Pitt County, where it enters Tar River. Appears as Cheecods Creek on the Collet map, 1770.
Chicod TownshipSE Pitt County.
Chicoraa name applied to the Carolina coastal area, probably from the Cape Fear River to the Savannah River, explored by the Spaniard Louis Vázques de Ayllón in 1526.
Chiking Indian Fortwas referred to in grants made in 1730 for land in what is now Greene County. It was located 3 to 4 mi. downstream from Hookerton, SE Greene County, on the N side of Contentnea Creek, approx. ¾ mi. above the mouth of Polecat Branch.
ChildsburghSee Hillsborough.
Chiloecommunity in central Moore County served by post office, 1891-1907.
Chiltoes Mountainon Haywood-Swain county line in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Located at NE end of Balsam Mountain near lat. 35°35'56" N., long. 83°11'09" W. Alt. 5,888.
Chiltoskie RidgeSee Balsam Mountain.