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This content is from the North Carolina Gazetteer, edited by William S. Powell and Michael Hill. Copyright © 2010 by the University of North Carolina Press. Used by permission of the publisher. For personal use and not for further distribution. Please submit permission requests for other use directly to the publisher.
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"The North Carolina Gazetteer is a geographical dictionary in which an attempt has been made to list all of the geographic features of the state in one alphabet. It is current, and it is historical as well. Many features and places that no longer exist are included; many towns and counties for which plans were made but which never materialized are also included. Some names appearing on old maps may have been imaginary, but many of them also appear in this gazetteer.
Each entry is located according to the county in which it is found. I have not felt obliged to keep entries uniform. The altitude of a place, the date of incorporation of a city or town, may appear in the beginning of one entry and at the end of another. Some entries may appear more complete than others. I have included whatever information I could find. If there is no comment on the origin or meaning of a name, it is because the information was not available. In some cases, however, resort to an unabridged dictionary may suggest the meaning of many names."
--From The North Carolina Gazetteer, 1st edition, preface by William S. Powell
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Beards Creek |
community in S Pamlico County on Beard Creek, which see, and Neuse River, where a recreational area has been developed. Settled prior to 1750; a post office operated there from 1878 to 1914 as Bairds Creek. |
| Bearford Bay |
a marshy bay in SW Duplin County. |
| Beargarden Pocosin |
central Greene County. Named because it was a favorite haunt of bears and numerous flowering plants grow there. Yellow jasmine and honeysuckle were so fragrant that they could be smelled a mile or so away downwind. |
| Beargrass |
town in S Martin County on a tributary of Beargrass Swamp. Settled about 1828. Inc. 1909, but inactive in municipal affairs until 1961, when the General Assembly appointed new officers. Alt. 65. |
| Beargrass Swamp |
rises in S Martin County and flows W into Turkey Swamp. |
| Beargrass Township |
S central Martin County. |
| Bearhead Creek |
rises in E Onslow County and flows NW into Wallace Creek. |
| Bearmeat Branch |
rises in SE Swain County and flows SW into Yalaka Creek. |
| Bearpaw |
community in W Cherokee County at the mouth of Bearpaw Creek. |
| Bearpaw Creek |
rises in W Cherokee County and flows SW and SE into Hiwassee River. |
