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Place Description
Board Gap

on Drymans Branch in S Macon County.

Boardman

town in NW Columbus County on Lumber River. Inc. 1891 as Hub; name changed in 1899 to honor prominent American Baptist clergyman George Dana Board-man (1828-1903). Long inactive in municipal affairs.

Boardtree Creek

rises in S Macon County and flows SE into Poplar Cove Creek.

Boat Island

E Onslow County just inside Bogue Inlet. Named because early fishermen pulled boats up there.

Boathouse Creek

rises in W Carteret County and flows SW into White Oak River.

Boatman Branch

rises in N Franklin County and flows SE into Sandy Creek.

Bob Branch

rises in N Randolph County and flows NE into Muddy Creek.

Bob Creek

rises in N Cherokee County and flows SW into Tellico River.

Bob Whites Corner

community in S Pasquotank County.

Bob's Cove

site of early settlement on E end of Bogue Banks, S Carteret County. Storms drove out early settlers until settlement of Salter Path, which see.