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Brodieformer community in S Warren County on Shocco Creek. A post office was est. there in 1879; apparently the community died out after the post office was discontinued in 1913.
Brogdencommunity in S Wayne County.
Brogden TownshipS Wayne County. Named for the family of Curtis Hooks Brogden (1816-1901), governor of North Carolina and a native of the county.
Broke Yoke Gapon Graham-Swain county line between Tyre Knob and Peachtree Gap.
Brokeleg Branchrises in NE Cherokee County and flows S into Gipp Creek.
Bromine-Arsenic SpringsSee Crumpler.
Bromptoncentral Bladen County on Cape Fear River, 4 mi. N of Elizabethtown. Started as a home by Governor Gabriel Johnston (1699-1752) but not completed. Evidence remains of unfinished building.
Brook Branchrises in W Jackson County and flows SE into Greens Creek.
Brook Covecommunity in SE Stokes County.
Brookfordtown in W Catawba County, on Henry Fork at site of former Hanging Rock Bridge. Inc. 1907. Alt. 1,000. Named for parts of the name of joint owners of a local mill, Hol brook and Shu ford