Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Black Brothers |
former name of two peaks approx. 1 mi. N of Mount Mitchell, S Yancey County. Renamed Mount Craig and Big Tom, which see, in 1947. |
| Black Camp Gap |
on the Haywood-Swain county line near the head of Bunches Creek in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Balsam Mountain. A log-house camp was built there for the use of cattle rangers and hunters. A forest fire partially burned the camp, burning off the bark and charring the logs of the cabins. Later campers lodging there got themselves black from contact with the burnt logs, hence the name Black Camp. Alt. 4,492. |
| Black Creek |
rises in E Rutherford County SW of Hollis and flows SE into Hinton Creek. |
| Black Creek Swamp |
appears on the Collet map, 1770, as a fork of East Mingo Branch, which see, lying completely in modern Harnett County between Black River and East Mingo Branch. The particular fork is no longer named on maps. |
| Black Creek Township |
S Wilson County. |
| Black Dome |
See Mount Mitchell. |
| Black Fields |
an area of black, poorly drained soil in E Washington County, covering an area of approx. 6 sq. mi., W of the community of Scuppernong. Mentioned as early as 1868 in local records. |
| Black Fox Ridge |
S central Burke County. |
| Black Gap |
on the Clay-Macon county line. Alt. 3,841. |
| Black Gut Creek |
rises in NW Northampton County and flows S into Roanoke River. |