Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Block House Creek |
rises in South Carolina and flows NE into Polk County, where it enters Pacolet River. |
| Blockade Branch |
rises in W Macon County and flows NE into Choga Creek. |
| Blockade Shoal |
lies off the NW shore of Roanoke Island, E Dare County, in the waters of Croatan Sound. |
| Blockers |
See Stedman. |
| Blockersville |
See Stedman. |
| Blockhouse Mountain |
NW Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Jenkins Trail Ridge near lat. 35°33' N., long. 83°42'35" W. Alt. 5,425. |
| Blockhouse Ridge |
NW Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a spur of Jenkins Trail Ridge extending SE from Blockhouse Mountain near lat. 35°32'40" N., long. 83°41'15" W. |
| Blood Camp Ridge |
central Avery County. |
| Blood Creek |
rises in SW Wilkes County and flows N into W. Kerr Scott Reservoir. |
| Bloodrun Creek |
rises in W Chatham County and flows SW into Brush Creek. Local tradition says that a "hot skirmish" occurred between small bands of Whigs and Tories during the Revolutionary War. Each side, not wishing to reveal its losses, buried its dead secretly. One of the sites selected as a burying ground was near the small stream, and it was given its present name to commemorate the shedding of blood in battle. |