Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Bearpen Gap |
SW Avery County near the Mitchell County line. |
| Bearpen Knob |
peak in S Jackson County bordered on NW by Chattooga River. Southern slope is head for Scotsman Creek. Also called Bearpen Mountain. Alt. 4,300. |
| Bearpen Mountain |
N Madison County parallel to Former Camp Branch. |
| Bearpen Ridge |
N Madison County between Hickeys Fork and Rock Branch. |
| Bearpen Rock |
a mountain in W Avery County. |
| Bearpond |
community in S Vance County, named for a local tradition of a celebrated bear hunt there. In 1785 a practical joke was played on Zeke Brown to put an end to his tall tales of bear killing. A mock bear hunt was arranged at the present site of Bearpond in which a local citizen, Jake Sims, dressed in bearskins and gave Brown such a scare he left the county for "Orrapeake." The community is now known locally as Buena Vista, after the plantation of Dr. Robert Christian Pritchard (b. 1812) in nearby S Warren County. |
| Bearskin |
community in W central Sampson County near Bearskin Swamp. |
| Bearskin Creek |
rises in N Granville County and flows N into Grassy Creek. |
| Bearskin Swamp |
rises in W central Sampson County and flows SW into Little Coharie Creek. |
| Beartown Mountain |
on the Mitchell County, N.C.-Carter County, Tenn., line. Alt. 5,481. |