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Place Description
Buckleberry Pocosin

SE Bertie County.

Bucklesberry Pocosin

NW Lenoir County. Mentioned in local records as early as 1780. Camp Blackjack (named for the black oak, commonly called blackjack oak), a Civil War training camp on the railroad near La Grange, was in the vicinity.

Buckner

community in E Madison County on Middle Fork. Alt. 2,400. Named for pioneer settler.

Buckner Branch

rises in N Buncombe County near Wildcat Mountain and flows NW into Ivy Creek.

Buckner's Knob

See Craggy Pinnacle.

Bucks Corner

community in W Carteret County N of Pettiver's Creek.

Bucks Knob

E Madison County near the head of East Fork [Bull Creek].

Bucks Peak

SE Alleghany County and NE Wilkes County. Also appears on maps as Buck Mountain and state highway maps as Beech Mountain.

Buckskin Branch

rises in central Duplin County and flows SE into Grove Creek.

Buckwheat Knob

N Transylvania County on the head of Avery Creek.