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Begoniacommunity in S Gaston County served by post office, 1880-1905.
Belcrosscommunity in central Camden County named for Bell family. Post office est. 1882.
Belew Creekcommunity in NE Forsyth County. A post office est. 1870. Originally est. as Belews Creek Mill.
Belews Creekrises in NE Forsyth, NE Guilford, and SW Rockingham Counties and flows NE across the SE edge of Stokes County and into the Dan River on the Stokes-Rockingham county line. The creek rises independently of East and West Belews Creeks, both of which flow into it. Belews Creek appears on Collet map, 1770.
Belews Creek TownshipNE Forsyth County.
Belews Lakeon Belews Creek, Rockingham County, was constructed 1970-73 by Duke Power Company. The 3,863-acre lake serves as cooling lake for power plant.
Belfastcommunity in central Wayne County. Named by John Robinson, native of Ireland, for his wife's birthplace, Belfast, Ireland. Formerly called Scottsville.
Belfastcommunity in E Davidson County served by post office, 1892-1907.
Belfordcommunity in NW Nash County near the Franklin County line. Named by David Sills, who settled there in 1798, for his home in N England. A post office operated there, 1804-55.
BelgradeSee Bonarva.