Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Buckhorn Crossroads |
community in W Wilson County S of Contentnea Creek and W of Buckhorn Branch. |
| Buckhorn Falls |
in Cape Fear River at the junction of Chatham, Harnett, and Lee Counties. Mentioned as early as 1819 in a survey of the major rivers of North Carolina. Since 1908 the site of a power-generating plant operated by what is now Progress Energy. Navigation locks built there as early as 1805; iron ore mined nearby during the Civil War. |
| Buckhorn Gap |
SE Macon County. |
| Buckhorn Iron Furnace |
See Cokesbury. |
| Buckhorn Knob |
N Caldwell County. Named by Bryson Coffey about 1870 for a big pair of antlers that he found there. Alt. approx. 1,500. |
| Buckhorn Lake |
SE Chatham and NE Lee Counties on Cape Fear River. Formed by a dam constructed in 1907, the lake covers 400 acres, with a max. depth of 21 ft. Used to generate hydroelectric power. |
| Buckhorn Mountain |
S Macon County between Buckhorn Gap and Cullasaja River. |
| Buckhorn Ridge |
NE Cherokee County in the Valley River Mountains. |
| Buckhorn Swamp |
rises in NE Robeson County and flows SE into Gallberry Swamp. |
| Buckhorn Township |
NW Harnett County. |