Gazetteer
Place | Description |
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Bell Collar Cove |
on Shining Creek in S Haywood County. |
Bell Coney Mountain |
on the E end of Lizzy Mountain in central Jackson County. Alt. 4,349. |
Bell Cove |
site of early settlement on the E end of Bogue Banks, S Carteret County. Name is taken from the fact that a bell in the local church was rung for services. Storms drove out early settlers until settlement of Salter Path, which see. |
Bell Creek |
rises in N Cherokee County and flows SE into Garreck Creek. |
Bell Island |
See Pittmans Island. |
Bell Knob |
on the Clay-Macon county line. |
Bell Mountain |
S Cherokee County between Raminger Creek and Cane Creek. |
Bell Point |
peninsula off N Pamlico County extending into Bay River. |
Bell River |
is formed in S Alexander County where Glade Creek enters Lower Little River. It flows S approx. 1½ mi. into Catawba River. Local usage applies the name to Lower Little River S from a point about midway between the mouths of Muddy Fork and Spring Creeks, where N.C. Highway 90 crosses Lower Little River. |
Bell Swamp |
rises in E Onslow County and flows SE and NE into Queens Creek. Probably named for George Bell, who owned land there as early as 1713. |