Gazetteer
Place | Description |
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Bald Hill |
See Intelligence. |
Bald Knob |
on the Buncombe-Yancey county line between Swannanoa Gap and Pinnacle. Alt. 5,400-5,420. |
Bald Knob Creek |
rises in N Cleveland County and flows SE into Little Knob Creek. |
Bald Knob Mountain |
W Alexander County. Alt. 1,887. |
Bald Knob Ridge |
S Yancey County between Left Prong South Toe River and Right Prong South Toe River. |
Bald Mountain |
E Watauga County on South Fork New River. |
Bald Mountain Creek |
rises in NW Yancey County and flows NE into Cane River. |
Bald Mountain Falls |
in Yadkin River opposite Bald Mountain in S Davidson County. Mentioned as early as 1819 in a survey of the rivers of North Carolina. |
Bald Mountain Township |
NE Watauga County. |
Bald Mountains |
in Haywood, Madison, and Yancey Counties, N.C., and Cocke, Greene, and Unicoi Counties, Tenn., forming the common boundary line of North Carolina and Tennessee from the Pigeon River, near lat. 36°04'20" N., long. 82°24'30" W., to the Nolichucky River, near lat. 35°46'15" N., long. 83°04'50" W. On 25 of 40 miscellaneous maps, 1795-1930, the section of the mountains between Pigeon River and the French Broad River bears no name; and the names on 15 maps vary between Iron, Great Iron, Smoky, and Great Smoky. There is also some usage of Max Patch. |