Gazetteer
Place | Description |
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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. |