Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Blantyre |
community in E Transylvania County near the mouth of Gash Creek. Named by C. H. Boswell, railway construction engineer, for his birthplace near Glasgow, Scotland. |
| Blazed Creek |
rises in NE Macon County and flows SW into Beasley Creek. |
| Blazed Gap |
on the Macon-Swain county line. |
| Bledsoe Creek |
rises near Fender Mountain in W Alleghany County and flows SE into Little River. |
| Blennerhassett Island |
S Madison County in the French Broad River opposite Marshall. The sandy island, approx. ¼ mi. long, probably was named for the island in the Ohio River below Parkersburg, W.Va., where Harman Blennerhassett and Aaron Burr plotted in 1805-1806 to seize an empire in the West. |
| Blevin Branch |
rises in N Buncombe County and flows SE and W into Panther Branch. |
| Blevine Knob |
W Yancey County between Edney Branch and Cane River. |
| Blevins |
community in N Ashe County served by post office, 1889-1906. |
| Blevins Branch |
rises in N Mitchell County and flows W into Big Rock Creek. |
| Blevins Creek |
rises in central Avery County and flows NW into Cranberry Creek. |