Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Chapel Branch |
rises in SW Hertford County and flows NW into Cutawhiskie Swamp. See also St. Johns (community). |
| Chapel Creek |
rises in S Pasquotank County and flows SE into Big Flatty Creek. |
| Chapel Hill |
town in SE Orange County, seat of the University of North Carolina, which opened January 16, 1795. A committee to lay out the town was authorized by the trustees of the university on December 8, 1792, and lots were first sold on October 12, 1793. Appears on the Samuel Lewis map published in Carey's atlas in 1795. Inc. 1819. Named for the Church of England New Hope Chapel, which once stood at the crossroads on the wooded hill. Alt. 501. |
| Chapel Hill Township |
SE Orange County. |
| Chapel Swamp |
NW Tyrrell County on the W side of Scuppernong River. Named for St. Paul's Church, which stood in the vicinity in the eighteenth century. |
| Chaplin's Stand |
See Bixby. |
| Chapman |
community in N Alexander County. |
| Chapmans Creek |
rises in central Surry County and flows SE into Fisher River. |
| Chappel Creek |
appears on the Moseley map, 1733, rising in E Beaufort Precinct and flowing E into Machapungo River. The water course probably is either modern Jordan or Satterthwaite Creek. |
| Chappel Swamp |
N Washington County on the head of Whites Creek, drains NW into Kendricks Creek. |