Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Cumnock |
community in NW Lee County. The Egypt coal mine is there; it operated at intervals from 1855 until 1928 and supplied coal for Confederate blockade runners. The community was named Egypt because large crops of corn produced in the area brought in buyers from the outside as in the biblical story of Joseph. Post office name changed to Cumnock in 1895 for an official of the mine. Alt. 259. |
| Cundiff Creek |
rises in S Surry County and flows SE into Yadkin River. |
| Cunningham |
community in NW Person County. Named for John W. Cunningham, local landowner and planter. Post office, Cunningham's Store, operated there from 1816 to 1908. |
| Cunningham Creek |
rises in S Macon County and flows NE into Shope Fork. |
| Cunningham Field |
U.S. Marine Corps Air Station, 1941, named for aviator A. A. Cunningham. Renamed Cherry Point, which see, 1942. |
| Cunningham Mill |
community is S Rockingham County. Site of grist mill prior to 1759. |
| Cunningham Mountain |
N Henderson County between Fletcher Branch and Clark Gap. |
| Cunningham Township |
NW Person County. |
| Curfew |
community in SW McDowell County. Site of store, post office, and one-room schoolhouse. |
| Curl |
community in central Montgomery County. |