Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Brown Summit |
See Browns Summit. |
| Brown's Creek |
See Browns Swamp. |
| Brown's Crossroads |
community in NW Randolph County. The former county seat of Johnstonville, which see, was there. |
| Brown's Island |
a coastal beach island approx. 3 mi. long on the Atlantic Ocean in SE Onslow County. Now within the limits of Camp Lejeune. It lies between Brown's Inlet and Bear Inlet. Sometimes referred to locally by an older name, Shacklefoot Island. |
| Brown's Sound |
S Onslow County. Largely tidal marsh, it lies between Brown's Island and Onslow Beach and the mainland and extends from Bear Inlet to New River Inlet. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean through Bear Inlet, Browns Inlet, and New River Inlet. Now within the limits of Camp Lejeune. |
| Brown's Store |
See Locust Hill. |
| Browning Branch |
rises in S Haywood County and flows NW into Richland Creek. |
| Browning Peak |
See Black Mountain (Jackson-Haywood county line). |
| Browns Creek |
rises in E Yancey County and flows E into South Toe River. |
| Browns Ford |
in Yadkin River, SW Wilkes County. Named for Capt. John Brown, Revolutionary War soldier, who lived nearby and in whose home the first county government was organized in 1778. A bridge was built there after 1900, later replaced by a modern highway bridge. |