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Bobbittcommunity in SE Vance County near Lynch Creek.
Bobs Creekrises in E Yancey County and flows NW into South Toe River.
Boby Covebetween Laurel Mountain and Big Creek in NW Henderson County.
Boddies Mill PondW Nash County on Stony Creek. Covers more than 100 acres; max. depth 15 ft. Owned by Braswell Milling Company and furnishes power for corn mill.
Bodie Island(pronounced "body"), one of the Outer Banks, E Dare County. N boundary was formerly New Inlet, now the area around Kitty Hawk. Bounded on the S by Oregon Inlet. Mentioned by John Lawson in 1700. Appears on the Moll map, 1729. Cow Island and Duggs Island, also shown on the Moll map, are now joined with and a part of Bodie Island. See also Etacrewac.
Boger Citycommunity in central Lincoln County. Named for Robert Boger, who est. a textile mill there. Previously known as Goodsons Store and Goodsonville.
Boggancommunity in central Anson County. Alt. 306. Probably named for Patrick Boggan, pioneer settler. See Wadesboro.
BogueSee Swansboro.
Boguecommunity in W Carteret County. Site of auxiliary air base for Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station.
Bogue Banksbarrier beach in S Carteret County forming one of the Outer Banks. It is 25 mi. long and from ½ to 2 mi. wide. Fort Macon is at the E end; the towns of Atlantic Beach, Salter Path, and Emerald Isle are on Bogue Banks. The name appears on the Moseley map, 1733. Josiah Bogue settled in the vicinity in the early eighteenth century. Named for him or for the family.