Colerain

… town in NE Bertie County. Settled by 1700; inc. 1794. Named by its founder, John Campbell, for his hometown of Coleraine, County Londonderry, Ireland. The post office, est. in 1818, dropped the final letter of the name in the mid-nineteenth century. Cockerne Ferry across the Chowan River N of the site of Colerain appears on the Collet map, 1770, but it apparently ceased operation by 1808.