Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Bear Gap |
S Yancey County between Blue Sea Creek and Beech Nursery Creek. |
| Bear Grass Creek |
rises in central Craven County and flows S into Trent River S of New Bern. |
| Bear Inlet |
SE Onslow County, through which Brown's Sound drains into the Atlantic Ocean. Mentioned in local records as early as 1713 and appears on the Moseley map, 1733. Following the Spanish alarm of 1747, Bear Inlet Fort was constructed there. |
| Bear Island |
a sand island in the W section of Angola Bay, N Pender County. |
| Bear Knob |
on the Cherokee-Graham county line. |
| Bear Marsh Branch |
rises in NW Duplin County and flows SW into Merritt Mill Pond and Goshen Swamp. |
| Bear Mountain |
S Jackson County between Doubletop Mountain and Glassy Rock Creek. Alt. 4,650. |
| Bear Pen Branch |
rises in N Transylvania County and flows NE into South Fork Mills River. |
| Bear Pen Gap |
N Clay County between Tuni Creek and the Cherokee County line. |
| Bear Pen Islands Swamp |
N central Brunswick County. A part of Green Swamp. |