| Batchelder Creek | See Bachelor Creek. |
| Batchellors Creek | See Bachelor Creek. |
| Batchelor Bay | formed at the mouth of the Roanoke and Cashie Rivers, E Bertie County, at the head of Albemarle Sound. Confederate ironclad Albemarle crossed bay to meet seven Union ships 15 mi. e, May 7, 1864. |
| Bateman Branch | NW Macon County between Batey Branch and Bateman Branch. |
| Bateman Branch | rises in NW Macon County and flows SW into Whiteoak Creek. |
| Bates | community in SE Beaufort County served by post office, 1900-1904. |
| Bates Branch | rises in S Macon County and flows SE into Little Tennessee River. |
| Bates Creek | rises in central Cherokee County between Bates and Fain Mountains and flows SW into Hiwassee River. |
| Bates Gap | S Macon County between Fulcher Branch and Hickory Knoll Creek. |
| Bates Mountain | at the head of Bates Branch in S Macon County. |