Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Bells Cross Roads |
community in SW Iredell County. A post office named Fallstown operated there from 1811 to 1866. |
| Bells Ferry |
See Mackeys Ferry. |
| Bells Island |
a marshy island in Core Sound about 1 mi. E of Marshallberg in SE Carteret County. Formerly known as Great Marsh. |
| Bells Point |
the S end of Bells Island, on the W side of Core Sound about 1 mi. E of Marshallberg in S Carteret County. Formerly known as Bell Point, Bell's Point, and Great Marsh Point. |
| Belltown |
community in central Granville County. |
| Bellview |
community in N Moore County. |
| Bellvue Mountain |
central Avery County. |
| Belmont |
city in E Gaston County. Site of cotton mills in late nineteenth century. Named Garibaldi in the 1870s for the man who built the railroad water tank there. Inc. as Belmont, 1895. Named for August Belmont (1853-1924), New York banker and financier. Roman Catholic St. Mary's College opened there in 1878, chartered 1886; renamed Belmont Abbey College, 1913. Sacred Heart Junior College operated there, 1892-1987. Produces textiles and hosiery. Alt. 685. |
| Belmont |
community in E Nash County. North Carolina Wesleyan College est. there, 1956. |
| Belmont Mountai |
N Henderson County between Clear Creek and Featherston Creek. |