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Bells FerrySee Mackeys Ferry.
Bells Ferryappears on the Moseley map, 1733, across Lockwoods Folly River on the Brunswick, N.C.-Charleston, S.C., road in New Hanover Precinct of Clarendon County. The site is in what is now S central Brunswick County.
Bells Islanda marshy island in Core Sound about 1 mi. E of Marshallberg in SE Carteret County. Formerly known as Great Marsh.
Bells Pointthe S end of Bells Island, on the W side of Core Sound about 1 mi. E of Marshallberg in S Carteret County. Formerly known as Bell Point, Bell's Point, and Great Marsh Point.
Belltowncommunity in central Granville County.
Bellviewcommunity in N Moore County.
Bellvue Mountaincentral Avery County.
Belmontcommunity in E Nash County. North Carolina Wesleyan College est. there, 1956.
Belmontcity in E Gaston County. Site of cotton mills in late nineteenth century. Named Garibaldi in the 1870s for the man who built the railroad water tank there. Inc. as Belmont, 1895. Named for August Belmont (1853-1924), New York banker and financier. Roman Catholic St. Mary's College opened there in 1878, chartered 1886; renamed Belmont Abbey College, 1913. Sacred Heart Junior College operated there, 1892-1987. Produces textiles and hosiery. Alt. 685.
Belmont MountaiN Henderson County between Clear Creek and Featherston Creek.