| Bells Point | the S end of Bells Island, on the W side of Core Sound about 1 mi. E of Marshallberg in S Carteret County. Formerly known as Bell Point, Bell's Point, and Great Marsh Point. |
| Belltown | community in central Granville County. |
| Bellview | community in N Moore County. |
| Bellvue Mountain | central Avery County. |
| Belmont | community in E Nash County. North Carolina Wesleyan College est. there, 1956. |
| Belmont | city in E Gaston County. Site of cotton mills in late nineteenth century. Named Garibaldi in the 1870s for the man who built the railroad water tank there. Inc. as Belmont, 1895. Named for August Belmont (1853-1924), New York banker and financier. Roman Catholic St. Mary's College opened there in 1878, chartered 1886; renamed Belmont Abbey College, 1913. Sacred Heart Junior College operated there, 1892-1987. Produces textiles and hosiery. Alt. 685. |
| Belmont Mountai | N Henderson County between Clear Creek and Featherston Creek. |
| Belmont-South Rosemary | community on the W outskirts of Roanoke Rapids, N Halifax County. |
| Belo | community in central Surry County served by post office, 1886-1905. |
| Belva | community in N Madison County on Shelton Laurel Creek. Alt. 1,689. |