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"The North Carolina Gazetteer is a geographical dictionary in which an attempt has been made to list all of the geographic features of the state in one alphabet. It is current, and it is historical as well. Many features and places that no longer exist are included; many towns and counties for which plans were made but which never materialized are also included. Some names appearing on old maps may have been imaginary, but many of them also appear in this gazetteer.

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Place Description
Cut-off Ridge

N Jackson County, extends N from Scott Creek.
Cutawhiskie Swamp

rises in SE Northampton County and flows NE into Hertford County, where it enters Livermans Mill Pond on Potecasi Creek. Named for an Indian village mentioned in local records (with various spellings) as early as 1718.
Cutoff Island

E Dare County, in the waters of Roanoke Sound off the SW tip of Bodie Island.
Cutshall Branch

rises in N Madison County and flows W into Shelton Laurel Creek.
Cutshalltown

community in N Madison County on a tributary of Shelton Laurel Creek.
Cutthroat Gap

on the Buncombe-Henderson county line between Candler Knob and Stony Bald. Alt. approx. 4,200.
Cuwhiffle Swamp

rises in SE Sampson County near Delway and flows NW into Six Runs Creek. The name may be derived through faulty pronunciation of the Gaelic Culmhutar (pronounced "kul-vú-tar"), meaning "smuggler" or "mutineer." See also Quewhiffle.
Cwareunoc

an Indian village shown on the De Bry map, 1590, as being on Bogue Sound, S Carteret County.
Cycle

community in W Yadkin County on Dobbins Creek. Known first as Pea Ridge. Post office est. 1904 and named Cycle from the fact that the patrons it served lived in a circle from the post office. Post office name gradually replaced the older name.
Cynthia Branch

rises in N Yancey County and flows W into Cane River.