| Busick | community in NE Guilford County. Alt. approx. 850. |
| Busick | community in SE Yancey County on Three Forks Creek. Post office serving the community in the late nineteenth century was named Three Forks. |
| Bussels Creek | rises in S Wilkes County and flows NE into Hunting Creek. |
| Buster Hall Branch | rises in W Duplin County and flows S into Stewarts Creek. |
| Butcher | See Stony Knoll. |
| Bute County | was formed from Granville County in 1764; named in honor of John Stuart (1713-92), Earl of Bute, who until his resignation in 1763 had been First Lord of the Treasury. The county was divided in 1779 to form Franklin and Warren Counties. The courthouse was ordered to be built on Jethro Sumner's land at a place called Buffalo Race Path; the site is in Warren County approx. 6 mi. SE of Warrenton. See also St. John's Parish, Granville County. |
| Butler | See Oakland. |
| Butler Creek | rises in W Surry County and flows SE into North Fork Mitchell River. |
| Butler Gap | E Yancey County near the head of Long Branch. |
| Butler Island | NE Tyrrell County in the mouth of Alligator Creek. |