rises in central Catawba County and flows SW into Clark Creek.

former copper and gold mine near the community of Watts Crossroads, NE Cabarrus County approx. 8 mi. NE of Concord. Last worked about 1901-1902; later explored by the U.S. Bureau of Mines and by the Tennessee Copper Company.

N Catawba County.

community in E Wilkes County near West Swan Creek. Named for Senator Thomas L. Clingman (1812-97). Known also as Frog Level.

rises in N Avery County and flows E into Buckeye Creek on the Avery-Watauga county line.

rises in N Swain County near Clingmans Dome and flows SE into Noland Creek.

mountain on the Swain County, N.C.-Sevier County, Tenn., line in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Named approx. 1860 by Harvard professor Arnold Guyot for Thomas L. Clingman (1812-97), member of the party that first measured it in 1858. Clingman was a soldier, mountain climber, geologist, congressman, and senator from North Carolina. Alt. 6,642, the highest point in the park. A 45-ft. observation tower has been built at the peak. Known to the Indians as Ku-wa-hi, meaning "mulberry place." Early settlers called it Smoky Dome.

town and county seat, central Sampson County. Authorized to be laid out, 1818; inc. 1822. Courthouse est. there about 1784 on land owned by Richard Clinton (1721-96), for whom the town was later named. Alt. 158.

former township in central Sampson County, now divided into North Clinton and South Clinton Townships.

community in E central Iredell County. Site of Clio's Nursery, a classical school est. in 1778 by Rev. James Hall (1744-1826). His attempt to make the sciences a part of academic training was the first in North Carolina.