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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 |
|---|---|
| Bledsoe Creek |
rises near Fender Mountain in W Alleghany County and flows SE into Little River. |
| Blennerhassett Island |
S Madison County in the French Broad River opposite Marshall. The sandy island, approx. ¼ mi. long, probably was named for the island in the Ohio River below Parkersburg, W.Va., where Harman Blennerhassett and Aaron Burr plotted in 1805-1806 to seize an empire in the West. |
| Blevin Branch |
rises in N Buncombe County and flows SE and W into Panther Branch. |
| Blevine Knob |
W Yancey County between Edney Branch and Cane River. |
| Blevins |
community in N Ashe County served by post office, 1889-1906. |
| Blevins Branch |
rises in N Mitchell County and flows W into Big Rock Creek. |
| Blevins Creek |
rises in central Avery County and flows NW into Cranberry Creek. |
| Blevins Crossroads |
community in NE Alleghany County. |
| Blevins Ridge |
N central Avery County. |
| Blewett Falls Lake |
on the Pee Dee River in Anson and Richmond Counties. Rocking-ham Power Co. began development of falls for hydro electric power, 1907-1908; Carolina Power and Light Co. (now Progress Energy) took over, 1926. A dam 1,470 ft. long impounds a lake 9.4 mi. long covering 2,500 acres. Named for William Bluit or Blewett (1719-1810), native of England, who owned land there in 1758. Falls, now under the lake, dropped 8 or 9 ft. over a distance of about 1,000 ft. |
