Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Birchfield Branch |
rises in NW Swain County and flows SE into Fontana Lake. |
| Birchfield Creek |
rises in W Avery County and flows SE into North Toe River. |
| Birchfield Fork Creek |
See Birch Fork Creek. |
| Bird Branch |
rises in N Macon County and flows N into Little Tennessee River. |
| Bird Creek |
rises in SE Buncombe County and flows NE into McDowell County, where it enters Crooked Creek. |
| Bird Island |
on the Atlantic Ocean, SW Brunswick County. The W tip of the island is in South Carolina. |
| Bird Islands |
approx. a dozen small islands on Clam Shoal, in the waters of Pamlico Sound, S Dare County, off the S part of Hatteras Island. |
| Bird Rock Falls |
W Transylvania County on North Fork French Broad River just below where it is formed by junction of Indian Creek and Shoal Creek. Alt. approx. 2,720. |
| Birdstand Mountain |
S Haywood County between Little East Fork Pigeon River and West Fork Pigeon River. |
| Birdtown |
community in E Swain County on Oconaluftee River. Probably named for the Bird Clan, In-a-cheese-quah, one of the original seven clans of the Cherokee Indians. Bird Town is one of the five townships of the Cherokees' Qualla Boundary, which see. Alt. 1,900. See also Oconaluftee River. |