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Place Description
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.