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Bear PointSE Tyrrell County, extends from the mainland into Alligator River.
Bear Poplarcommunity in W Rowan County. Known first as Rocky Mount; present name adopted in 1878, when a post office was est. Name came from the nearby location of a poplar tree in which Capt. Thomas Cowan, Revolutionary hero, treed a bear in the late eighteenth century.
Bear RidgeS Yancey County between Blue Sea Creek and Beech Nursery Creek.
Bear Ridgemountain in W Avery County.
Bear Ridgebetween Cashie Branch and Licklog Creek in N Jackson County.
Bear Rock Branchrises in S Yancey County and flows SE into South Toe River.
Bear Swamprises in central Northampton County and flows SE into Urahaw Swamp.
Bear Swamprises in W Robeson County and flows SE into Lumber River.
Bear Swampis formed in S Hertford County by the junction of Horse Swamp and Flat Swamp and flows E into Ahoskie Creek.
Bear Swamprises in W Halifax County and flows SW into Little Fishing Creek.