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Place Description
Black Creek

See Back Creek.
Black Creek

town in S Wilson County named for nearby stream. Alt. 120. Est. 1840 as a station and post office on the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. Inc. 1870.
Black Creek

rises in SW Wilson County and flows E into Contentnea Creek.
Black Creek

rises in S Wake County and flows SE into Johnston County, where it enters Neuse River.
Black Creek

rises in W central Wake County and flows NE into Crabtree Creek.
Black Creek

rises in E Hoke County and flows S into Puppy Creek.
Black Creek

rises in SW Columbus County and flows SW into Lake Tabor, which see.
Black Creek

rises in E Rutherford County SW of Hollis and flows SE into Hinton Creek.
Black Creek

rises in E Carteret County and flows S into Newport River. Sometimes called Black River.
Black Creek Swamp

appears on the Collet map, 1770, as a fork of East Mingo Branch, which see, lying completely in modern Harnett County between Black River and East Mingo Branch. The particular fork is no longer named on maps.