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Place Description
Celo

community in E Yancey County on Browns Creek. Alt. 2,735. Named for nearby Celo Knob.

Celo Knob

E Yancey County near the head of Browns Creek. Alt. 6,326.

Celo Ridge

E Yancey County between Ayles and Browns creeks. Named for the Indian word seeloo (corn).

Cemetery Branch

rises in central Wake County within the limits of Raleigh and flows N into Pigeon House Branch.

Center

community in central Yadkin County. A post office there named Chestnut Ridge operated from 1857 to 1920.

Center

community in W Yadkin County E of Cranberry Creek.

Center

community in W Davie County. Est. in the 1820s as a camp-meeting ground. A post office est. there operated under the name Selena in 1889-90; changed to Bailey, 1890-1902. Community retains original name.

Center Grove

community in central Granville County.

Center Grove Township

N central Guilford County.

Center of North Carolina

See Geographic Center.