rises in SE Buncombe County and flows SE across NE Henderson County into W Rutherford County; SE to the Polk-Rutherford county line, where it is joined by Green River; SE and NE into Cleveland County; and SE into South Carolina, where it joins Saluda River at Columbia to form the Congaree River. Sometimes known locally as Rocky Broad River and Main Broad River. Known by the Indians as Ess-ee-daw Lake Lure is on Broad River. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. See also Hickory Nut Gorge.

SE Buncombe County. Formerly in McDowell County but annexed to Buncombe County by legislative act in 1925.

rises in E Pitt County and flows SE into Tar River.

community in S Alexander County served by post office, 1881-1904.

W Beaufort County, is the lower course of Hall Swamp. It flows S into Pamlico River.

S Forsyth County. Named for Broadbay, Mass. (now Waldoboro, Maine), the former home of the first settlers of Friedland, a community in the township. See also Friedland.

SE Bertie County. Named for its location in a neck of the Roanoke River. See also Town Swamp.

town in E Lee County. Inc. 1907. Settled in the 1870s and named for a broad, level opening in the vast pine forest that covered the area.

S Macon County between Little Scaly Mountain and Fork Mountain.

community in N Graham County on Sawyer Creek.