Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Beechville |
community in NE Beaufort County. |
| Beef Market Top |
NE Jackson County on Grassy Ridge. Alt. 5,040. Said to have been named (1) because deserters from the Confederate army, hiding in the area, stole and slaughtered cattle there; or (2) because a young man killed cattle there that belonged to the father of his sweetheart when he was forbidden by her father to see her again. |
| Beer Rice Gap |
on the Madison County, N.C.-Unicoi County, Tenn., line. |
| Beetree Branch |
rises in NE Cherokee County and flows NW into Valley River. |
| Beetree Creek |
rises in E Madison County and flows SW into East Fork [Bull Creek]. |
| Beetree Reservoir |
on Beetree Creek, NE Buncombe County. Alt. 2,669. The 55-acre lake is part of the water system of the city of Asheville. |
| Beetree Ridge |
N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a spur extending SW from Thomas Ridge. |
| Begonia |
community in S Gaston County served by post office, 1880-1905. |
| Belcross |
community in central Camden County named for Bell family. Post office est. 1882. |
| Belew Creek |
community in NE Forsyth County. A post office est. 1870. Originally est. as Belews Creek Mill. |