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Place Description
Benvenue

community in E Nash County between Horn Beam Swamp and Compass Creek. Took its name from the plantation of Benjamin Hickman Bunn, which was named about 1890 for Ben Venue, a small mountain in Perthshire, Scotland.

Berea

community in W Granville County. Alt. 475. Settled prior to 1870.

Bergaw Creek

See Burgaw Creek.

Berkeley County

est. prior to 1691 by the Lords Proprietors of Carolina in what is now E South Carolina. Named for John Berkeley (ca. 1607-78), Baron Berkeley of Stratton, one of the original eight Lords Proprietors.

Berkeley Parish

Church of England, Perquimans County, was est. in 1701, coextensive with the county. In 1767 it was composed of 900 white taxable "inhabitants in midling Circumstances."

Berkeley Precinct

See Perquimans County.

Berlin

See Bina.

Bermuda Island

in the waters of Kitty Hawk Bay, N Dare County.

Bernal Branch

rises in W Johnston County and flows SE into Hannah Creek.

Bernice

community in NE Ashe County.