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Place Description
Ben Bolen Creek

rises in SW Ashe County and flows W into Three Top Creek.

Ben Cove Branch

rises in E Jackson County and flows SE into Sols Creek.

Ben Creek

rises in N Macon County and flows NW into Cold Spring Creek.

Ben Johnson Lake

on Eno River, central Orange County. Formed 1955. Covers 15 acres; max. depth 12 ft. Source of water for town of Hillsborough. Known as Hillsboro Lake prior to February 1956.

Benaja

community in S Rockingham County served by post office, 1870-1917 and 1921-33. Alt. 687. Store, depot, watering station there served the railroad. Named for the creek.

Benaja Creek

rises in NE Guilford County and flows NE into Rockingham County, where it enters Haw River. Original name was Benajar. Believed to have been named for the tropical ben tree, plus ajar in the sense of "out of place."

Bench Mountain

SW Watauga County, extends NE from White Rocks along the head of Spice Bottom Creek.

Benge

community in S Ashe County near Benge Gap on the Wilkes County line.

Benge Gap

on the Ashe-Wilkes county line.

Bengle Creek

See Wolfpen Creek.