Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Blackrock Knob |
E Swain County in Yalaka Mountains near the head of Piney Wood Creek. Alt. 4,364. |
| Blackrock Mountain |
on the Jackson-Macon county line between Hamburg Gap and Buck Gap. |
| Blackrock Ridge |
N Jackson County, extends N from Scott Creek to Soco Creek. |
| Blacksnake Branch |
rises in N Transylvania County and flows SE into Turkey Creek. |
| Blackstock Branch |
rises in N Buncombe County and flows NW into Madison County, where it enters Ivy River. |
| Blackstock Knob |
on the Buncombe-Yancey county line between Balsam and Rainbow Gaps. Alt. 6,325. Probably named for a surveyor, Nehemiah Blackstock, who worked in the vicinity in 1845. |
| Blackstone |
community in NE Caldwell County. Named for Sir William Blackstone (1723-80), English jurist, by Col. George N. Folk, who conducted a law school there after the Civil War. |
| Blackwalnut Swamp |
rises in E Bertie County and flows E into Chowan River. |
| Blackwater River |
rises in Virginia and flows SW into North Carolina, where it joins the Nottoway River a short distance S of the Virginia line on the Hertford-Gates county line to form the Chowan River. The name appears on the Comberford map, 1657. |
| Blackwater Run |
rises in S Rowan County and flows S into N Cabarrus County, where it enters Dutch Buffalo Creek. The last Indians in Cabarrus County lived along the stream. |