a peninsula extending from the E mainland of Currituck County into Coinjock Bay and Currituck Sound. Formerly separated from the mainland and called Willowbies Island on the Ogilby map, 1671, in honor of Peregrine Bertie, Lord Willoughby de Eresby (1555-1601), thought to have been a subscriber to the Roanoke voyage of 1585. On the Collet map, 1770, and subsequent maps until MacRae, 1833, the name Betts Island is used. It is now 1½ mi. long and ½ mi. wide. See also Bell's Island.

See Pittmans Island.

on the Clay-Macon county line.

W Henderson County between Little Willow Creek and South Fork.

S Cherokee County between Raminger Creek and Cane Creek.

peninsula off N Pamlico County extending into Bay River.

is formed in S Alexander County where Glade Creek enters Lower Little River. It flows S approx. 1½ mi. into Catawba River. Local usage applies the name to Lower Little River S from a point about midway between the mouths of Muddy Fork and Spring Creeks, where N.C. Highway 90 crosses Lower Little River.

community in E central Brunswick County.

rises in E Onslow County and flows SE and NE into Queens Creek. Probably named for George Bell, who owned land there as early as 1713.

rises in E central Brunswick County and flows E into Rices Creek.