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Bayviewcommunity on Pamlico River, central Beaufort County. Known earlier as Bayside.
Bayviewcommunity in S Onslow County served by post office, 1895-1902.
Beach Branchrises in NE Cherokee County and flows SE into Right Fork Webb Creek.
Beach Creekrises in S Clay County and flows SW into Brasstown Creek.
Beach Springscommunity in W Perquimans County.
Beach TopS Clay County near the headwaters of Beach Creek and Long Branch.
Beacon Heightmountain in E Avery County.
Beacon Islandin Pamlico Sound, NE Carteret County, is situated between Wallace Channel and Blair Channel leading through Ocracoke Inlet. Approx. 1,200 ft. long. Name derived from two large beacons on the island formerly used by pilots guiding ships through the channels. Jonathan Price wrote in 1795 that a "fort" was built on the S end of the island in 1794-95 pursuant to an act of Congress. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733.
Beacon Island RoadSee Wallace Channel.
Beacon Island Shoalin Pamlico Sound in NE Carteret County, obstructing passage through Ocracoke Inlet. Located between Beacon Island and Wallace Channel. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733.