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Black MountainSee Mount Hardy.
Black Mountaintown in SE Buncombe County. Inc. 1893. Known earlier as Grey Eagle. Named for the Black Mountain range by S. Dougherty, in whose home the first post office was est. Alt. 2,395. Summer resort. Produces lumber. Black Mountain College operated nearby, 1933-56.
Black MountainSee Mount Chapman.
Black MountainN Transylvania County between Clawhammer Cove and Bear Pen Branch.
Black MountainNE Rutherford County at the head of Brier Creek. Alt. 2,614.
Black MountainSW Randolph County S of Mill Creek.
Black Mountainat the head of Black Mountain Branch in S Macon County. Alt. 3,735.
Black Mountainon the Jackson-Haywood county line. An attempt was made to change the name to Browning Peak in honor of R. Getty Browning, state highway location engineer, but it was not accepted locally. Alt. 6,275.
Black Mountaina peak on the SE end of Laurel Mountain in NW Henderson County. Alt. 3,952.
Black MountainN Jackson County, extends NE from Tuckasegee River between Parker Knob and Fern Mountain.