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Place Description
Back Landing

in NW Tyrrell County on Scuppernong River. See also Newport.

Back Landing Creek

rises in the highlands of Indian Island, SE Camden County, and flows SE into North River.

Back Marsh

rises in N Duplin County and flows SW into Northeast Cape Fear River.

Back of Beyond

name given to far western counties by Horace Kephart in Our Southern Highlanders (1913). Derived from longtime inaccessibility of region.

Back Sound

between Shackleford Banks and Harkers Island in SE Carteret County.

Back Swamp

rises in W Robeson County and flows SE into Lumber River in central Robeson County.

Back Swamp Township

central Robeson County.

Backcountry

term used during the early settlement and colonial period for the vast interior of North Carolina, located away from the coastline and including both the modern-day Piedmont and Mountain regions.

Bad Branch

rises in E Macon County and flows SW into Big Creek.

Bad Creek

rises in N Mitchell County and flows SE into Big Rock Creek.