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Place Description
Coinjock

community in S central Currituck County. Inc. 1893 as Arlington but dissolved by court order, March 1894, because of technical inaccuracy in description of the boundary. As early as 1830, a post office there was called Coenjock, the same name used by Bishop Thomas Coke in writing of a visit there in 1785. On Intracoastal Waterway. Originally located where Barco is today; moved S when Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal was built. Other early spellings were Cornjack and Cowenjock. Alt. 5.

Coinjock Bay

in the waters of Currituck Sound, central Currituck County, between Church Island and the mainland.

Cokes

community in E Granville County.

Cokesbury

community in E Vance County on the head of Rocky Branch; named for Methodist bishops Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury.

Cokey Swamp

rises in SE Nash County and flows SE into W Edgecombe County, where it enters Town Creek. An Indian village, Tiancok, which see, appears on the site on the Comberford map, 1657. Tyancoka Creek appears on the Collet map, 1770, at the location, and the spelling Tincoco and Tiancoco are used on other maps. See also Redmans Old Field.

Cokey Township

See Edgecombe County.

Colbert Creek

rises in S Yancey County and flows SE into South Toe River.

Colbert Ridge

S Yancey County between Locust Creek and Colbert Creek.

Cold Branch

rises in W Graham County and flows SE into Santeetlah Creek.

Cold Camp Creek

rises on the Cumberland-Robeson county line and flows SE into Gallberry Swamp.