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Place Description
Coneyhoe Creek

See Conoho Creek.

Confederate Memorial Forest

in Pisgah National Forest along the Haywood-Transylvania county line on the West Fork Pigeon River and the Blue Ridge Parkway. Dedicated July 12, 1942. Sponsored by the N.C. United Daughters of the Confederacy, the forest contains 125 acres planted with 125,000 red spruce and balsam trees.

Cong Branch

rises in W Sampson County and flows S into Little Coharie Creek.

Congleton

community in NE Pitt County at the head of Great Branch. Inc. 1885 as Keelsville, with members of both the Congleton and Keel families appointed temporary officers. The name, however, was not adopted, nor was a municipal government continued.

Congo

community in W Wilkes County between Lewis Fork Creek and Fishdam Creek.

Conine Bend

in the Roanoke River, S Bertie County, at the W mouth of Conine Creek.

Conine Creek

S Bertie County, is a canal connecting two bends in the Roanoke River and creating Conine Island.

Conine Island

S Bertie County, formed in a bend of the Roanoke River by Conine Creek, which cuts across a neck formed by the river. Appears as Caroline Island on the Collet map, 1770. See also Purchace Islands.

Coniott Creek

rises in SW Bertie County and flows SE into Roanoke River. The name is a Tuscarora Indian word meaning "making cloth."

Coniott Landing

on the Roanoke River in SE Bertie County at the mouth of Coniott Creek. Possibly the site of the extinct town Wimberly, which was est. in 1752. Joseph Wimberly petitioned to operate a ferry across the Roanoke River at "Coneat," and the town was built on his land. Site has also been known as Blackman's Landing; Blackman and Wimberly families were owners of large tracts of land in the county.