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Place Description
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.

Belmont-South Rosemary

community on the W outskirts of Roanoke Rapids, N Halifax County.

Belo

community in central Surry County served by post office, 1886-1905.

Belva

community in N Madison County on Shelton Laurel Creek. Alt. 1,689.