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Blue Sea Creekrises in S Yancey County and flows NW into Beech Nursery Creek.
Blue Sea Fallson Blue Sea Creek, S Yancey County in Pisgah National Forest.
Blue Springs TownshipSW Hoke County. A part of Robeson County until 1911.
Blue Valleyjoined valleys of East Fork Overflow Creek and West Fork Overflow Creek in SE Macon County.
Blue Wingcommunity in NW Granville County served by post office, 1841-1905.
Blue Wing Creekrises in E Person County and flows NE into Hyco Creek in Virginia. Mentioned in 1728 by William Byrd. The bluewing was a small duck regarded as a delicacy.
Blue's CrossingSee Aberdeen.
Blue's Mountainan elevation in N Hoke County on the Fort Bragg Military Reservation. Named for the Blue family, former owners.
Bluebuttoncommunity in S central Camden County, named for the plantation of Stephen Richardson located there in 1722; in turn named for the small periwinkle (Vinca minor) commonly called bluebutton and native to the area. The community was the gathering point, in 1840, for families in the area beginning on their W migration. From 1908 to 1929, the post office name of Bluebutton was Bartlett, for a local family.
Bluefieldcommunity in S central Bladen County. Named for John Blue.