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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.
Some place names included in The North Carolina Gazetteer contain terms that are considered offensive.
"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 |
|---|---|
| Big Andy Ridge |
NE Buncombe County between Little Andy Creek and Walker Branch. See also Point Misery. |
| Big Arm Creek |
rises in N Johnston County and flows SW into Marks Creek. |
| Big Bald |
on the Haywood-Swain county line, a peak on Balsam Mountain 2½ mi. SW of Balsam Corner. |
| Big Bald Branch |
rises in W Haywood County and flows NW into Caldwell Fork. |
| Big Bald Mountain |
on the Avery-Mitchell county line. |
| Big Bay |
a loam-filled bay in SW Columbus County. |
| Big Beach |
a section of outer beach in SW Brunswick County between Holden Beach and Shallotte Inlet. |
| Big Bear Creek |
rises in NW Stanly County and flows SE into Long Creek. |
| Big Bear Pen Branch |
rises in N Transylvania County and flows E into Looking Glass Creek. |
| Big Beartrail Ridge |
S Haywood County, between Right Hand Prong and Little Beartrap Branch. |
