Gazetteer
Place | Description |
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Black Swamp |
rises in N Nash County and flows SE into Beaverdam Swamp. |
Black Swamp Creek |
rises in SE Jones County and flows S into White Oak River. |
Black Wall Street |
Parrish Street in Durham, center of African American entrepreneurship, ca. 1905. Black-owned businesses such as Mechanics and Farmers Bank and North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co. originated there. Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. DuBois chronicled the area's growth. |
Black Walnut Point |
E Bertie County on Chowan River between Avoca and Scotch Hall plantations. |
Blackburn |
community in SW Catawba County. Alt. 1,000. |
Blackburn Knob |
S Watauga County between Middle Fork [South Fork New River] and Matney Branch. |
Blackjack |
community in E Pitt County. Served by post office, 1882-1907. Spelled as Blackjack after 1895. |
Blackjack Mountain |
W Henderson County at the head of Little Mud Creek. |
Blackman Crossroads |
community in S Johnston County. |
Blackman's Landing |
See Coniott Landing. |