Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Beasleys Creek |
rises on the Pender-Onslow county line and flows SE into Stump Sound in S Onslow County. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. |
| Beasleys Mill Pond |
on Millers Creek in W Duplin County. |
| Beason Creek |
rises in SE Cleveland County and flows SE into Buffalo Creek. |
| Beatie's Ford |
See Beattie's Ford. |
| Beaton Branch |
rises in S Buncombe County and flows N into Bent Creek. |
| Beattie's Ford |
across the Catawba River, Lincoln-Mecklenburg Counties near the Iredell County line. Named for John Beatty, who owned land in the area as early as 1749. A post office named Beatie's Ford existed in the vicinity from 1806 to 1838. A part of the British army, in pursuit of Gen. Nathanael Greene, crossed the river there on February 1, 1781. The site is now under the waters of Lake Norman. |
| Beatty Branch |
rises in central McDowell County and flows SE into Paxton Creek. |
| Beattys Mill Pond |
in E Bladen County on Lake Creek. |
| Beaty Spring Knob |
S Haywood County on the head of Inman Branch. |
| Beaucatcher Mountain |
central Buncombe County in E Asheville. Alt. approx. 3,200. About 1850 James W. Patton erected a summer house or arbor there, and it became quite popular with courting couples, hence the name. Highway construction in 1979 opened a cut in the mountain alongside 1929 tunnel despite public opposition. |