Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Bear Pen Branch |
rises in N Transylvania County and flows NE into South Fork Mills River. |
| Bear Pen Branch |
rises in N Madison County and flows SW into Little Laurel Creek. |
| Bear Pen Gap |
N Clay County between Tuni Creek and the Cherokee County line. |
| Bear Pen Islands Swamp |
N central Brunswick County. A part of Green Swamp. |
| Bear Pen Ridge |
SE Clay County. |
| Bear Pocosin |
NE Sampson County S of Youngs Swamp and E of Six Runs Creek. |
| Bear Point |
extends into Pamlico Sound from E Hyde County. |
| Bear Point |
SE Tyrrell County, extends from the mainland into Alligator River. |
| Bear Poplar |
community in W Rowan County. Known first as Rocky Mount; present name adopted in 1878, when a post office was est. Name came from the nearby location of a poplar tree in which Capt. Thomas Cowan, Revolutionary hero, treed a bear in the late eighteenth century. |
| Bear Ridge |
mountain in W Avery County. |