Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Buckhill Branch |
rises in W Duplin County and flows SW into Buster Hall Branch. |
| Buckhorn |
community in W Orange County. |
| Buckhorn Bald |
N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Forney Ridge. Alt. 4,829. |
| Buckhorn Branch |
rises in SE Granville County and flows S into Wake County, where it enters New Light Creek. Approx. 4 mi. long. |
| Buckhorn Creek |
rises in NW Cherokee County and flows SW into Copper Creek. |
| Buckhorn Crossroads |
community in W Wilson County S of Contentnea Creek and W of Buckhorn Branch. |
| Buckhorn Falls |
in Cape Fear River at the junction of Chatham, Harnett, and Lee Counties. Mentioned as early as 1819 in a survey of the major rivers of North Carolina. Since 1908 the site of a power-generating plant operated by what is now Progress Energy. Navigation locks built there as early as 1805; iron ore mined nearby during the Civil War. |
| Buckhorn Gap |
SE Macon County. |
| Buckhorn Iron Furnace |
See Cokesbury. |
| Buckhorn Knob |
N Caldwell County. Named by Bryson Coffey about 1870 for a big pair of antlers that he found there. Alt. approx. 1,500. |