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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 |
|---|---|
| Bear Creek |
community in SW Chatham County. Known as Richmond until 1895. Noted for production of fruitcakes. Alt. 473. |
| Bear Creek |
rises in central Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and flows SE into Forney Creek. |
| Bear Creek |
rises in S Surry County and flows SE into Fisher River. |
| Bear Creek |
rises in S Randolph County and flows SE into Moore County, where it flows SE then NE into Deep River. |
| Bear Creek |
rises in E Pitt County and flows E into Tar River. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. |
| Bear Creek |
rises in NE Pamlico County and flows SE into Bay River. See also Mesic. |
| Bear Creek |
rises in W Orange County and flows SW into Cane Creek. |
| Bear Creek |
rises in central Mitchell County and flows S into North Toe River. |
| Bear Creek |
rises in E Onslow County and flows SE into Brown's Sound. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733. Known earlier as Deep Creek. |
| Bear Creek |
rises in S Madison County and flows NW into French Broad River. |
