Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Connestee Falls |
in S Transylvania County in Carson Creek. Said to have been named for Indian Princess Connestee. |
| Connor |
community in W Wilson County near Turkey Creek. Post office, 1890-1904. |
| Conoby Creek |
See Conaby Creek. |
| Conoconary Creek |
See Conoconnara Swamp. |
| Conoconnara Swamp |
rises in central Halifax County and flows NE into Roanoke River. It appears as Conoconary Creek on the Collet map, 1770. Conoconnara, the 2,500-acre plantation of Thomas Pollock Sr., was located there in 1721. Before the American Revolution, a Church of England chapel stood near the banks of the stream. |
| Conoconnara Township |
E Halifax County. |
| Conoho |
See Oak City. |
| Conoho Bend |
in the Roanoke River at the mouth of Conoho Creek in N Martin County. |
| Conoho Creek |
rises in NW Martin County and flows SE into Roanoke River. Appears as Coneyhoe Creek on the Collet map, 1770. The headwaters of Conoho Creek are called Fort Branch on the Collet map. |
| Conover |
town in central Catawba County. Settled 1871. Inc. 1877. Alt. 1,060. Named by Mrs. John Seitz, local resident, for Canova, the Italian sculptor whose statue of George Washington was destroyed by the fire that leveled the capitol in Raleigh in 1831. Produces furniture, lumber, and textiles. |