Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Bear Gap |
S Yancey County between Blue Sea Creek and Beech Nursery Creek. |
| Bear Gap |
S Clay County on Chunky Gal Mountain. |
| Bear Grass Creek |
rises in central Craven County and flows S into Trent River S of New Bern. |
| Bear Inlet |
SE Onslow County, through which Brown's Sound drains into the Atlantic Ocean. Mentioned in local records as early as 1713 and appears on the Moseley map, 1733. Following the Spanish alarm of 1747, Bear Inlet Fort was constructed there. |
| Bear Island |
a sand island in the W section of Angola Bay, N Pender County. |
| Bear Island |
not now identifiable, appears on the Moseley map, 1733, in Bogue Sound, S Carteret County W of Dog Island. |
| Bear Knob |
on the Cherokee-Graham county line. |
| Bear Knob |
SW Macon County between Little Indian Creek and Nantahala River. |
| Bear Marsh Branch |
rises in NW Duplin County and flows SW into Merritt Mill Pond and Goshen Swamp. |
| Bear Mountain |
S Jackson County between Doubletop Mountain and Glassy Rock Creek. Alt. 4,650. |