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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 |
|---|---|
| Bearwallow Mountain |
on the Buncombe-Henderson county line. Alt. 4,249. |
| Bearwallow Ridge |
N Jackson County between Cherry Orchard Branch and Rough Branch. |
| Bearwallow Ridge |
N Swain County, extends NE from the confluence of Proctor Creek and Hazel Creek to Proctor Ridge. |
| Bearwell Pocosin |
SE Lenoir County between Joshua Creek and Trent River. Probably a corruption of the family name Burwell. Thomas Burwell was living in the vicinity about 1750. |
| Beasley |
community in N Washington County. Known locally as Holly Neck. |
| Beasley Bay |
in Currituck Sound between Jarvis Channel and Currituck Banks in E Currituck County. |
| Beasley Branch |
rises in W Gates County and flows SE into Run of Swamp. |
| Beasley Branch |
rises in S Transylvania County and flows SE into Cherryfield Creek. |
| Beasley Creek |
rises in W Transylvania County and flows S into West Fork French Broad River. |
| Beasley Creek |
rises in NE Macon County and flows SW into Cowee Creek. |
