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Place Description
Bell Knob

on the Clay-Macon county line.

Bell Mountain

S Cherokee County between Raminger Creek and Cane Creek.

Bell Point

peninsula off N Pamlico County extending into Bay River.

Bell River

is formed in S Alexander County where Glade Creek enters Lower Little River. It flows S approx. 1½ mi. into Catawba River. Local usage applies the name to Lower Little River S from a point about midway between the mouths of Muddy Fork and Spring Creeks, where N.C. Highway 90 crosses Lower Little River.

Bell Swamp

rises in E Onslow County and flows SE and NE into Queens Creek. Probably named for George Bell, who owned land there as early as 1713.

Bell Swamp Creek

rises in E central Brunswick County and flows E into Rices Creek.

Bell View

community in S Cherokee County.

Bell's

community in NW Pitt County.

Bell's Ferry

See Grifton.

Bell's Island

a real-estate development, E Currituck County on Bell Island, which see. The 1967 General Assembly passed an act under which, by a vote of the residents, Bell's Island may be inc. as a town by resolution of the county commissioners.