Gazetteer
Place | Description |
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Boone's Fork |
stream, rises in NW Caldwell County and flows W into Mulberry Creek. Named for Jesse Boone, pre-Revolutionary settler and nephew of Daniel Boone. |
Boones Crossroads |
community in SW Northampton County. |
Boones Gap |
SW Wilkes County near the headwaters of Warrior Creek. Named for the explorer Daniel Boone. |
Boonford |
community in E Yancey County on North Toe River. Named for Daniel Boone, who is said to have forded the river there. |
Boons Ferry |
appears on the Collet map, 1770, as being on the Meherrin River between NE Northampton County and NW Hertford County. By 1802 it had ceased operation, and by 1833 Boone Bridge existed at the site. A bridge still crosses the river there. |
Boons Fork |
community in central Northampton County. |
Boonville |
town in N Yadkin County. Inc. 1895. Named for Daniel Boone (1734-1820), who is said to have camped at the site. Produces textiles and processed grain. |
Boonville Township |
NW Yadkin County. |
Bordensville |
See Mill Creek. |
Border |
community in W Orange County served by post office, 1880-1905. |