Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Cub Creek |
rises in NE Chatham County and flows NE and SE into SW Durham County, where it enters Morgan Creek. |
| Cub Island Creek |
See Cub Creek. |
| Cuba |
former community in N Rutherford County on Gilkey Creek. Post office from 1850 until 1906. Site of a cotton gin, mill, store, and other buildings; market for cherry bark and herbs. |
| Cuccoowink Creek |
See Dawson Creek. |
| Cucklemaker Swamp |
rises in N central Bertie County and flows S into Hoggard Mill Creek. |
| Cucklers Creek |
See Cuckolds Creek. |
| Cuckolds Creek |
rises in E Beaufort County and flows W into Pantego Creek. Perhaps because of the meaning of the word cuckold, the name Cucklers has been applied to the creek. |
| Cucumber Creek |
rises on Noah's Mountain, S Alamance County, and flows S into Wells Creek. |
| Cudda Bum |
a creek, rises in NE Davidson County and flows S into Abbotts Creek. Named for Cuddahy Crouch, who lived nearby. "Bum" was his favorite expression and, when Cuddahy Creek was dammed for a mill, he began to speak of it as "a bum creek." From Cuddahy's Bum Creek the name Cudda Bum evolved. |
| Cuidreach Creek |
See Corndack Creek. |