Gazetteer
Place | Description |
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Bricks |
community in N Edgecombe County. Named for Joseph Keasbey Brick, in whose honor an agricultural, industrial, and normal school for blacks was est. there by Mrs. Julia Elma Brewster Brick in 1895. School closed, 1933. |
Brickton |
community in N Henderson County. Took its name from former large brick-manufacturing plant. |
Bridal Veil Falls |
SE Macon County on Cullasaja River. Water falls 120 ft. See also Cullasaja River. |
Bridge Branch |
rises in N Macon County and flows SE into Burningtown Creek. |
Bridge Creek |
rises in N Swain County and flows SE into Deep Creek. |
Bridge Falls |
SE Haywood County on West Fork of Pigeon River. In a series of falls, water drops between 300 and 400 ft. Named because a bridge crosses the river at the top of the falls. |
Bridgeport |
community in central Stanly County served by post office, 1883-1916. |
Bridgers Creek |
rises in S Northampton County and flows W into Roanoke River. Appears as Bridges Creek on the Moseley map, 1733. Pulhams Ferry, according to the Collet map, 1770, was operated across the Roanoke River at the mouth of Bridgers Creek. By 1808 and as late as 1833, the ferry was known as Pollock's Ferry, and in 1862 it was known as Devereux's Ferry. |
Bridgersville |
town in E Wilson County. Inc. 1925, but long inactive in municipal affairs. Named for John F. Bridgers. Post office operated there, 1889-95. |
Bridges Camp Gap |
on the Haywood-Transylvania county line. |