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Place Description
Bullhead Gap

NE Buncombe County between Craggy Dome and Bullhead Mountain.

Bullhead Mountain

SE Alleghany County near Blue Ridge Parkway. Alt. 3,784-3,800.

Bullhead Ridge

NE Buncombe County between Waterfall and Peach Orchard Creeks.

Bullhole, The

section of the shoals on the South Yadkin River bordering Davie and Rowan Counties. Lumbering along the river included use of oxen and mule teams to assist work at sawmills. Heavy rains and a swollen river led to loss of a bull ox, swept into a whirlpool. Area now part of park at Cooleemee Falls.

Bullin Creek

See Britten Creek.

Bullinger Mountain

E Caldwell County. Alt. 1,595. Probably named for Henry Bullinger, eighteenth-century settler.

Bullinger's Mill Creek

See Bristol's Mill Creek.

Bullock

community in NE Granville County. Settled about 1750. Alt. 429.

Bullpen Cove

SE Haywood County on East Fork Pigeon River.

Bullscrape Gap

central Avery County. Alt. 3,882. A salt lick there once attracted cattle; bulls scraped the ground with hooves, pawing before charging one another in combat. See also Montezuma.