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Bridgers Creekrises in S Northampton County and flows W into Roanoke River. Appears as Bridges Creek on the Moseley map, 1733. Pulhams Ferry, according to the Collet map, 1770, was operated across the Roanoke River at the mouth of Bridgers Creek. By 1808 and as late as 1833, the ferry was known as Pollock's Ferry, and in 1862 it was known as Devereux's Ferry.
Bridgersvilletown in E Wilson County. Inc. 1925, but long inactive in municipal affairs. Named for John F. Bridgers. Post office operated there, 1889-95.
Bridges Camp Gapon the Haywood-Transylvania county line.
Bridges Creekrises in E Montgomery County and flows NW into Little River.
Bridges CreekSee Bridgers Creek.
Bridgetontown in central Craven County. Settled about 1900. Inc. 1907. Named for the bridge across the Neuse River that connected it with New Bern. Alt. 8.
Bridgewatercommunity in W Burke County on the Catawba River. Originally the name of the plantation of John Rutherford, who named it for Francis Egerton (1736-1803), Earl of Bridgewater, inland navigation expert and canal builder.
Bridgewater ReservoirSee Lake James.
Bridle Creekformer plantation house in W Warren County approx. 3 mi. SW of Warrenton. Two Confederate major generals, Matthew Whitaker Ransom and Robert Ransom, brothers, were born there. Only ruined foundations now mark the site.
Bridle Creekrises in W Warren County and flows E into Fishing Creek. A bridge across the creek is mentioned in local records as early as 1765.