town in central Craven County. Settled about 1900. Inc. 1907. Named for the bridge across the Neuse River that connected it with New Bern. Alt. 8.

community in W Burke County on the Catawba River. Originally the name of the plantation of John Rutherford, who named it for Francis Egerton (1736-1803), Earl of Bridgewater, inland navigation expert and canal builder.

See Lake James.

rises in W Warren County and flows E into Fishing Creek. A bridge across the creek is mentioned in local records as early as 1765.

former plantation house in W Warren County approx. 3 mi. SW of Warrenton. Two Confederate major generals, Matthew Whitaker Ransom and Robert Ransom, brothers, were born there. Only ruined foundations now mark the site.

extends SE from Yancey County into NW McDowell County between Bee Rock and Cow Creeks.

community in N Union County between Red Creek and Duck Creek.

community in S Wilkes County. Brier Creek Baptist Church there est. in the eighteenth century. A post office by the name served the community from about 1822 until 1882.

rises in S Wilkes County in the Brushy Mountains and flows NE into Yadkin River.

rises in central Mecklenburg County and flows SW into Little Sugar Creek.