Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Brown's Store |
See Locust Hill. |
| Browning Branch |
rises in S Haywood County and flows NW into Richland Creek. |
| Browning Peak |
See Black Mountain (Jackson-Haywood county line). |
| Browns Creek |
rises in E Yancey County and flows E into South Toe River. |
| Browns Ford |
in Yadkin River, SW Wilkes County. Named for Capt. John Brown, Revolutionary War soldier, who lived nearby and in whose home the first county government was organized in 1778. A bridge was built there after 1900, later replaced by a modern highway bridge. |
| Browns Inlet |
SE Onslow County between the N end of Onslow Beach and Bear Inlet. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733. |
| Browns Knob |
SW Buncombe County between Billy Cove and Sheep Rock. Alt. 3,760. |
| Browns Landing |
U.S. Lock Number 2 on Cape Fear River in central Bladen County. |
| Browns Mill Creek |
ises in S Transylvania County and flows NE into French Broad River. |
| Browns Mountain |
SW Wilkes County between Yadkin River and Long Fork of Beaver Creek. Named for James Brown, eighteenth-century resident who lived at its foot. Alt. 2,075. Joins Jerry Mountain in NE Caldwell County. |