Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Bear Wallow Knob |
S Yancey County at the E end of Bear Wallow Ridge. |
| Bear Wallow Ridge |
S Yancey County between Middle Fork and Grassy Knob Branch. |
| Bear Wallow Stand Ridge |
S Yancey County between Raven Fork and Blue Sea Creek. |
| Bearcamp Creek |
rises in SW Transylvania County and flows SE into South Carolina and into Toxaway River. |
| Beard |
community in NE Cumberland County. |
| Beard Cove |
central Buncombe County, between Beard Mountain and Gooch Peak in the Elk Mountains. |
| Beard Creek |
rises in S Pamlico County and flows S into Neuse River. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733. Local tradition attempts to associate the origin of the name with Blackbeard, the early eighteenth-century pirate. |
| Beard Mountain |
central Buncombe County in the Elk Mountains. |
| Beards Creek |
community in S Pamlico County on Beard Creek, which see, and Neuse River, where a recreational area has been developed. Settled prior to 1750; a post office operated there from 1878 to 1914 as Bairds Creek. |
| Bearford Bay |
a marshy bay in SW Duplin County. |