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Place	Description
Bushy Fork	community in SW Person County.
Bushy Fork Township	SW Person County.
Bushy Ridge	W Jackson County between Hog Cove Branch and Sassafras Branch.
Busick	community in NE Guilford County. Alt. approx. 850.
Busick	community in SE Yancey County on Three Forks Creek. Post office serving the community in the late nineteenth century was named Three Forks.
Bussels Creek	rises in S Wilkes County and flows NE into Hunting Creek.
Buster Hall Branch	rises in W Duplin County and flows S into Stewarts Creek.
Butcher	See Stony Knoll.
Bute County	was formed from Granville County in 1764; named in honor of John Stuart (1713-92), Earl of Bute, who until his resignation in 1763 had been First Lord of the Treasury. The county was divided in 1779 to form Franklin and Warren Counties. The courthouse was ordered to be built on Jethro Sumner's land at a place called Buffalo Race Path; the site is in Warren County approx. 6 mi. SE of Warrenton. See also St. John's Parish, Granville County.
Butler	See Oakland.