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Bullhead Creekrises in S Alleghany County and flows S into Wilkes County, where it enters East Prong Roaring River.
Bullhead GapNE Buncombe County between Craggy Dome and Bullhead Mountain.
Bullhead MountainSE Alleghany County near Blue Ridge Parkway. Alt. 3,784-3,800.
Bullhead MountainNE Buncombe County in the Great Craggy Mountains. Named for its resemblance to a bull's head. Alt. 5,958.
Bullhead RidgeNE Buncombe County between Waterfall and Peach Orchard Creeks.
Bullhole, Thesection of the shoals on the South Yadkin River bordering Davie and Rowan Counties. Lumbering along the river included use of oxen and mule teams to assist work at sawmills. Heavy rains and a swollen river led to loss of a bull ox, swept into a whirlpool. Area now part of park at Cooleemee Falls.
Bullin CreekSee Britten Creek.
Bullinger MountainE Caldwell County. Alt. 1,595. Probably named for Henry Bullinger, eighteenth-century settler.
Bullinger's Mill CreekSee Bristol's Mill Creek.
Bullockcommunity in NE Granville County. Settled about 1750. Alt. 429.