rises in N Lee County and flows SE into Hughes Creek. Named for a copper mine operated near its head. Many broken Indian arrowheads have been found on a knoll near its junction with Hughes Creek; since no perfect arrowheads have been found, it has been suggested that they were made at the site.

former community in NW Alleghany County. Copper mines operated there during the Civil War.

W Chowan County S of the mouth of Rockyhock Creek. The name is a corruption of Cowpen Neck, the name of a plantation owned in 1747 by Charles West.

NW Cherokee County, extends NE from Nin Ridge.

rises in E Martin County and flows W into Gardners Creek.

mountain in W Avery County.

NE Buncombe County at the NW end of Big Fork Ridge.

peak in N Transylvania County on Mills River.

rises in E Jackson County and flows SE into Mull Creek.

part of Cape Hatteras National Seashore on S Bodie Island, E Dare County across from Bodie Island Lighthouse. Remains of shipwreck Laura A Barnes, grounded 1921, rest there.