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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 |
rises in central Jackson County and flows NE into Bear Creek Lake on Tuckasegee River. See also Bear Creek Lake. |
| Bear Creek |
rises in NW Graham County and flows NE into Cheoah River. |
| Bear Creek |
rises in SE Graham County and flows SW into Tulula Creek. |
| Bear Creek |
rises in E Franklin County and flows SE into Nash County, where it enters Back Swamp. |
| Bear Creek |
rises in S Cleveland County and flows SW into Shoal Creek. |
| Bear Creek |
rises in W Davie County and flows SE approx. 14 mi. into South Yadkin River. Daniel Boone and his father, Squire Boone, and other members of the family owned land along the stream. Daniel Boone killed many bears along the creek, hence its name. The Bear Creek watershed is about 15,000 acres in area. |
| Bear Creek |
rises in W Beaufort County and flows N into Tar River. |
| Bear Creek |
rises in NE Cabarrus County and flows SE into Stanly County, where it enters Big Bear Creek. |
| Bear Creek |
rises in SW Chatham County and flows SE and NE into Rocky River. |
| Bear Creek |
rises in E Ashe County and flows NW into South Fork New River. |
