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rises in W Harnett County and flows NE into Upper Little River. Named by Red Neill McNeill about 1750. Mists rising from the stream early in the morning reminded him of smoke rising from barbecue pits he had seen in the West Indies. In a fit of culinary nostalgia, he named the stream Barbecue. Appears as Barbacue Creek on the Collet map, 1770.

SW Harnett County.

community in W Rowan County. Two lines of the railroad cross there, hence sometimes called Barber's Junction. Named either for W. P. Barber, from whom the railroad purchased land for the station, or for R. L. Barber, first postmaster. Alt. 752.

rises in central Pitt County and flows SE into Tar River.

See Barber.

community in NE Harnett County. Once the center of the Barclay-Barbee naval stores industry.

community in central Currituck County. Named for first postmaster. See also Coinjock.

W Duplin County on a tributary of Rockfish Creek.

a sand-filled bay in W Cleveland County.

See Bear Banks.