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Place Description
Braswells Crossroads

community in S Halifax County.

Brave Mountain

on the N end of Buck Mountain in W Haywood County.

Bray

See Riddle.

Brazel Creek

rises in S Wake County and flows NE into Sunset Lake.

Breakneck Ridge

NE Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a spur extending W from Hyatt Ridge.

Breedlove Branch

rises in NE Swain County and flows S into Bulldie Creek.

Breeze

community in W Orange County served by post office, 1892-1905.

Brendletown

community in E Macon County on Coon Creek.

Brett Bay

in the waters of Core Sound, NE Carteret County. Formerly known as Britts Bay.

Brevard

town and county seat, central Transylvania County. Est. as county seat 1861 or 1862; inc. 1889. Named for Ephriam Brevard (1744-81), teacher, secretary of the convention that drew up the Mecklenburg Resolves of May 31, 1775, and Revolutionary surgeon. Home of Brevard College, founded 1853 as Rutherford College, which see; merged in 1934 with Weaver College and took its present name. Summer music camp, begun in 1936, is there. Noted tourist area. Produces chemicals, textiles, and leather products. Alt. 2,230.