Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Big Flats |
mountain peak in SE Buncombe County W of Patton Gap in Swannanoa Mountains. |
| Big Flats Branch |
rises in N Swain County and flows SW into Bone Valley Creek. |
| Big Flatty Creek |
rises in S Pasquotank County and flows SE into Albemarle Sound. Shown on the Hack map, 1684, as Flatt Creek; on the Moseley map, 1733; and the Collet map, 1770, as Flatty Creek. |
| Big Fork Knob |
peak on Big Fork Ridge, NE Buncombe County. |
| Big Fork Ridge |
S Yancey County between Cane River and Cattail Creek. |
| Big Garland Gap |
N Graham County between Sawyer Creek and Stecoah Creek at the SW end of Hogback Mountain. |
| Big Gooseberry Ridge |
E Jackson County between Frady Creek and Chastine Creek. |
| Big Governors Creek |
rises in E Moore County and flows NW into Deep River on the Moore-Lee county line. Called Millstone Creek in a 1748 grant to Governor Gabriel Johnston. Named for Johnston, who owned 7,000 acres N of the creek. Appears as Governors Creek on the Collet map, 1770. |
| Big Grassy Creek |
rises in E central Avery County and flows SW into Linville River. |
| Big Green Mountain |
SE Jackson County between Little Green Mountain and Panthertown Creek. Alt. 4,100. |