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Place Description
Bogue Banks

barrier beach in S Carteret County forming one of the Outer Banks. It is 25 mi. long and from ½ to 2 mi. wide. Fort Macon is at the E end; the towns of Atlantic Beach, Salter Path, and Emerald Isle are on Bogue Banks. The name appears on the Moseley map, 1733. Josiah Bogue settled in the vicinity in the early eighteenth century. Named for him or for the family.

Bogue Inlet

an inlet from the Atlantic Ocean into Bogue Sound between Dudley's Island, E Onslow County, and Bogue Banks, SW Carteret County. White Oak River enters the Atlantic Ocean through the inlet. Shown on the De Graffenried map (French text), 1711.

Bogue Sound

extends from the SW end of Carteret County along its S edge to the SE section of the county at Beaufort and Morehead City. The sound drains into the Atlantic Ocean through Beaufort Inlet, which see.

Bogue Swamp

rises in N central Columbus County and flows SE into Waccamaw River.

Bogue Township

central Columbus County.

Boiling Springs

town in SW Cleveland County. Alt. 990. Inc. 1911 and took its name from a boiling spring known to the Cherokee Indians. Site of Gardner-Webb University, an outgrowth of a high school est. there in 1905.

Boiling Springs Lake

town in SE Brunswick County. Inc. 1961.

Boiling Springs Township

former township in SW Cleveland County, now township no. 2.

Bold Branch

rises in N Henderson County and flows SE into Clear Creek.

Bold Run Branch

rises in S Franklin County and flows SW into Wake County, where it enters New Light Creek.