Beard Mountain | central Buncombe County in the Elk Mountains. |
Beards Creek | community in S Pamlico County on Beard Creek, which see, and Neuse River, where a recreational area has been developed. Settled prior to 1750; a post office operated there from 1878 to 1914 as Bairds Creek. |
Bearford Bay | a marshy bay in SW Duplin County. |
Beargarden Pocosin | central Greene County. Named because it was a favorite haunt of bears and numerous flowering plants grow there. Yellow jasmine and honeysuckle were so fragrant that they could be smelled a mile or so away downwind. |
Beargrass | town in S Martin County on a tributary of Beargrass Swamp. Settled about 1828. Inc. 1909, but inactive in municipal affairs until 1961, when the General Assembly appointed new officers. Alt. 65. |
Beargrass Swamp | rises in S Martin County and flows W into Turkey Swamp. |
Beargrass Township | S central Martin County. |
Bearhead Creek | rises in E Onslow County and flows NW into Wallace Creek. |
Bearmeat Branch | rises in SE Swain County and flows SW into Yalaka Creek. |
Bearpaw | community in W Cherokee County at the mouth of Bearpaw Creek. |