Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Bear Pen Ridge |
SE Clay County. |
| Bear Pocosin |
NE Sampson County S of Youngs Swamp and E of Six Runs Creek. |
| Bear Point |
extends into Pamlico Sound from E Hyde County. |
| Bear Poplar |
community in W Rowan County. Known first as Rocky Mount; present name adopted in 1878, when a post office was est. Name came from the nearby location of a poplar tree in which Capt. Thomas Cowan, Revolutionary hero, treed a bear in the late eighteenth century. |
| Bear Ridge |
mountain in W Avery County. |
| Bear Rock Branch |
rises in S Yancey County and flows SE into South Toe River. |
| Bear Swamp |
rises in central Northampton County and flows SE into Urahaw Swamp. |
| Bear Swamp Creek |
rises in N Franklin County and flows SW into Tar River. |
| Bear Wallow Branch |
rises in NE Madison County and flows SW into Foster Creek. |
| Bear Wallow Gap |
NE Haywood County on the head of Wesley Creek. |