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Bolton TownshipE Columbus County.
Bombaycommunity in SW Randolph County served by post office, 1889-1917.
Bonacommunity in SW Chatham County.
Bonaparte LandingSW Brunswick County on the Intracoastal Waterway.
Bonarvaplantation of the Pettigrew family in SE Washington County and W Tyrrell County. Of the various plantation houses of the Pettigrew family, two were on Bonarva. Belgrade, in Washington County, was built about 1796 and is still standing; it was named for the earlier Pettigrew house on Harveys Neck in Perquimans County. Magnolia was built in Tyrrell County, the site of the greater portion of the Pettigrew lands. Scotch Hall was the Pettigrew home in Bertie County. Belgrade is now a part of Pettigrew State Park, which see.
Bonarva CanalW Tyrrell County, flows from Lake Phelps NE into Old Canal. Known also as Magnolia Canal. Dug during antebellum era with slave labor to drain swamplands for cultivation.
Bond Creekrises in SE Beaufort County and flows N into the mouth of South Creek at Pamlico River.
Bonds FerrySee Pamlico River.
Bone Camp Branchrises in S Madison County and flows SW into Bull Creek.
Bone ValleyNW Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Named after an early settler found the bleached bones of his long-lost cows there.