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Place Description
Center of North Carolina

See Geographic Center.

Center Township

central Chatham County.

Centerville

See Kelly.

Central Falls

community on Deep River, central Randolph County. Long the site of one or more textile mills. Named for minor falls on the river, now obliterated by dams constructed for water power.

Central Township

central Bladen County.

Centre

community in S Guilford County. Named for Centre Friends Meeting, begun in 1757.

Centre Hill

town in E Chowan County. Inc. 1935, but no longer active in municipal affairs. A post office est. there in 1886 was first known as Centre Hill but was renamed for James N. Tyner (1826-1904), a former postmaster general. Tyner is still the post office name.

Cerro Gordo

town in W Columbus County. Inc. 1874 and named for the Mexican battleground where Gen. Winfield Scott, in 1847, was victorious. In Spanish the name means "big hill." Alt. 95.

Cerro Gordo Township

W Columbus County.

Chacandepeco

See Chancandepeco Inlet.