| Belews Creek | rises in NE Forsyth, NE Guilford, and SW Rockingham Counties and flows NE across the SE edge of Stokes County and into the Dan River on the Stokes-Rockingham county line. The creek rises independently of East and West Belews Creeks, both of which flow into it. Belews Creek appears on Collet map, 1770. |
| Belews Creek Township | NE Forsyth County. |
| Belews Lake | on Belews Creek, Rockingham County, was constructed 1970-73 by Duke Power Company. The 3,863-acre lake serves as cooling lake for power plant. |
| Belfast | community in central Wayne County. Named by John Robinson, native of Ireland, for his wife's birthplace, Belfast, Ireland. Formerly called Scottsville. |
| Belfast | community in E Davidson County served by post office, 1892-1907. |
| Belford | community in NW Nash County near the Franklin County line. Named by David Sills, who settled there in 1798, for his home in N England. A post office operated there, 1804-55. |
| Belgrade | See Bonarva. |
| Belgrade | community in NE Onslow County. Thousands of tons of limestone marl, used in building road foundations and in concrete, are shipped from there annually. |
| Belhaven | town in E Beaufort County on Pungo River and Pantego Creek. Alt. 4. Settled about 1890; inc. 1899. Name a combination of the words "belle" and "haven," meaning beautiful harbor. See also Aquascogoc. |
| Bell | community in central Buncombe County served by post office, 1883-1902. Named for first postmaster, George H. Bell. |