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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 |
|---|---|
| Biggerstaff Branch |
rises in SE Mitchell County and flows SW into Beaver Creek. |
| Bigoak |
See Bensalem. |
| Bigspring Gap |
S Macon County at the head of Pinnacle Branch. |
| Bilboa |
community in S Durham County near the head of Northeast Creek. Named for the Bilbo family, which lived in the vicinity in the early nineteenth century before moving to Mississippi. Alt. 401. |
| Bilesville |
See New London. |
| Bill Allen Branch |
rises in E central Yancey County and flows N into Little Crabtree Creek. Named for Bill Allen, an early settler who raised a large family there. |
| Bill Branch |
rises in central Catawba County and flows SW into Clark Creek. |
| Bill Cole Mountain |
N Buncombe County between Bradley and Gentry Gaps. Alt. 3,284. See also Morgan Ridge. |
| Bill Cove |
E Haywood County between Poplar Cove and James Branch. |
| Bill Davenport Branch |
rises in SE Mitchell County and flows S into North Toe River. |
