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Place Description
Big Yellow

See Big Bald.

Big Yellow Bald Mountain

W Avery County.

Big Yellow Mountain

at the junction of Avery and Mitchell Counties, N.C., and Carter County, Tenn. Alt. approx. 5,600. Known also as Bright Yellow Mountain and Averys Bald. See also Rose Ridge.

Biggerstaff Branch

rises in SE Mitchell County and flows SW into Beaver Creek.

Bigoak

See Bensalem.

Bigspring Gap

S Macon County at the head of Pinnacle Branch.

Bilboa

community in S Durham County near the head of Northeast Creek. Named for the Bilbo family, which lived in the vicinity in the early nineteenth century before moving to Mississippi. Alt. 401.

Bilesville

See New London.

Bill Allen Branch

rises in E central Yancey County and flows N into Little Crabtree Creek. Named for Bill Allen, an early settler who raised a large family there.

Bill Branch

rises in central Catawba County and flows SW into Clark Creek.