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Place Description
Bryson City

town and county seat in central Swain County on Tuckasegee River. Alt. 1,736. Inc. 1887 as Charleston. Name changed to Bryson City in 1889 by act of General Assembly; named in honor of Capt. Thaddeus Dillard Bryson (1829-90), one of the founders of the town.

Bryson Cove

on a tributary of Cowee Creek in N Macon County.

Bryson Creek

rises in E Transylvania County and flows SE into W Henderson County, where it enters French Broad River.

Bryson Knob

E Macon County between Mashburn Branch and Cullasaja River.

Bryson Lead

NW Cherokee County, parallel to Shular Creek and NW of Chestnut Orchard Ridge, Nin Ridge, and Groundhog Ridge.

Bryson Mountain

N Henderson County between Sitton Creek and Foster Creek.

Bubble Branch

rises in W Jackson County and flows SE into West Fork Tuckasegee River.

Bubbling Springs Branch

rises in S Haywood County and flows N into West Fork Pigeon River.

Buby Gap

on the Jackson-Macon county line.

Buchanan

community in N Granville County served by post office, 1856-1906.