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Place	Description
Browntown	community in S Greene County. Named for the fact that it was a community of residents of mixed race. Settled prior to 1890.
Browntown	former town in NE Davidson County. Inc. 1843 at the junction of the Fayetteville-to-Salem and the Greensboro-to-Salisbury roads. A center of trade and furniture making until one of the roads was changed in 1859. The coming of the railroad brought a decline to the town and, after the Civil War, it was abandoned. Many of the people moved to what became High Point.
Bruce	community in W Pitt County. Cottendale, the plantation of the Cotten family (Sallie Southall Cotten, Bruce Cotten, and others) is nearby.
Bruce Knob	central Macon County between the head of Wallace Creek and Carson Cove.
Bruce Knob	N Buncombe County between Wolfpen Gap and Middle Mountain.
Bruce Ridge	E Clay County between Glade Branch and Cold Spring Branch.
Bruce Township	NW Guilford County, named for Charles Bruce, early settler, Revolutionary War soldier, and founder of Bruce's Crossroad, now Summerfield.
Bruce's Crossroads	See Summerfield.
Brumleys Creek	rises in NE Caldwell County and flows SE into Lower Creek approx. 3 mi. W of Lenoir.
Brummett Creek	community in W Mitchell County. A post office existed there in the 1880s.