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Place Description
Bluewing Mine

copper mine on branch of Aarons Creek in NW Granville County. First operated 1898-1900; opened again for a short time during World War I.

Bluff

community in W Madison County on Meadow Fork. Alt. 2,150.

Bluff Branch

rises in N Clay County and flows SW into Tusquitee Creek.

Bluff Mountain

W Madison County near the head of Hickory Ridge Branch. Alt. 4,640.

Bluff Park

See Doughton Park.

Bluff Point

extends from SE Pasquotank County into the Pasquotank River on the N shore of Little Flatty Creek.

Bluff Shoal

formed by the merging waters of the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, extends from Bluff Point on the S mainland of Hyde County to Royal Shoal on the Carteret-Hyde county line. The name appears as early as the Mouzon map, 1775.

Bluffs, The

rough, rocky mountain peaks in SW Alleghany County E of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Doughton Park, which see.

Bly Gap

S Clay County. The Appalachian Trail passes through the gap just N of the Georgia line.

Blythe Branch

rises in E Transylvania County and flows SW into Lydia Creek.