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Place Description
Carrboro

town in SE Orange County immediately W of Chapel Hill. Alt. 500. Settled 1898. Inc. 1911 as Venable; named for Francis P. Venable (1856-1934), president of the University of North Carolina. Changed to Carrboro, 1913, for Julian S. Carr (1845-1924), who est. a textile mill there.

Carrell Knob

on the Cherokee-Clay county line in the Valley River Mountains.

Carrikers

community in S Cabarrus County named for local family.

Carringer Gap

N Graham County between Yellow Creek and Cochran Creek.

Carrol Gap

near the SE base of Carroll Mountain, W Clay County between the headwaters of Sweetwater and Qualls Creeks near lat. 35°02'45" N., long. 83°51'20" W.

Carrol Knob

S Macon County between Jones Creek and the head of North Fork Coweeta Creek.

Carroll

community in W Duplin County served by post office, 1899-1902. Named for Charles Carroll, postmaster.

Carroll Branch

rises in W Clay County on the E slope of Carroll Knob and flows S into Carroll Lake near lat. 35°03'45" N., long. 83°54'53" W., in Nantahala National Forest.

Carroll Gap

E Watauga County on the head of Long Branch.

Carroll Knob

on the Cherokee-Clay county line at the SW end of Valley River Mountains, Nantahala National Forest. Alt. 2,540.