rises in NE Guilford County and flows NE into Rockingham County, where it enters Haw River. Original name was Benajar. Believed to have been named for the tropical ben tree, plus ajar in the sense of "out of place."

SW Watauga County, extends NE from White Rocks along the head of Spice Bottom Creek.

community in S Ashe County near Benge Gap on the Wilkes County line.

on the Ashe-Wilkes county line.

See Wolfpen Creek.

community in NE Wilkes County between Little Elkin River and Elkin River.

mountain on Burke-Cleveland county line. Part of South Mountains. Alt. 2,894.

community in S Granville County. Named for Bennehan Cameron, planter and University of North Carolina trustee.

town in SW Chatham County. Inc. 1915.

rises in W Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and flows W in Cataloochee Creek. Named for Bennett family, which lived in the area.