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Broad Creeka canal in SE Bertie County connecting two sides of a loop in the Roanoke River.
Broad Creekrises in SE Bertie County and flows E into Cashie River.
Broad Creekrises in W Beaufort County and flows S into Pamlico River.
Broad Creekfed by several canals from the Dismal Swamp in N Beaufort County, flows S and E into Pantego Creek.
Broad Creek Pointpeninsula on the E shore of Roanoke Island, E Dare County, extending SE into Roanoke Sound and Broad Creek.
Broad Inletappears on the Moseley map, 1733, in the beach barrier of E New Hanover County between the present Masonboro and Moore Inlet.
Broad Riverrises in SE Buncombe County and flows SE across NE Henderson County into W Rutherford County; SE to the Polk-Rutherford county line, where it is joined by Green River; SE and NE into Cleveland County; and SE into South Carolina, where it joins Saluda River at Columbia to form the Congaree River. Sometimes known locally as Rocky Broad River and Main Broad River. Known by the Indians as Ess-ee-daw Lake Lure is on Broad River. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. See also Hickory Nut Gorge.
Broad River TownshipSE Buncombe County. Formerly in McDowell County but annexed to Buncombe County by legislative act in 1925.
Broad Runrises in E Pitt County and flows SE into Tar River.
Broad Shoalscommunity in S Alexander County served by post office, 1881-1904.