| Benton Crossroads | See Fairview. |
| Benton Heights | town in central Union County. Inc. 1913. Merged with city of Monroe in 1945. Alt. 595. |
| Bentonville | community in S Johnston County. |
| Bentonville Battlefield | State Historic Site, S Johnston County. Scene of Civil War battle, March 19-22, 1865, in which Confederates under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston encountered Federals under Gen. William T. Sherman. Bloodiest battle ever fought on North Carolina soil. |
| Bentonville Township | SE Johnston County. |
| Benvenue | community in E Nash County between Horn Beam Swamp and Compass Creek. Took its name from the plantation of Benjamin Hickman Bunn, which was named about 1890 for Ben Venue, a small mountain in Perthshire, Scotland. |
| Berea | community in W Granville County. Alt. 475. Settled prior to 1870. |
| Bergaw Creek | See Burgaw Creek. |
| Berkeley County | est. prior to 1691 by the Lords Proprietors of Carolina in what is now E South Carolina. Named for John Berkeley (ca. 1607-78), Baron Berkeley of Stratton, one of the original eight Lords Proprietors. |
| Berkeley Parish | Church of England, Perquimans County, was est. in 1701, coextensive with the county. In 1767 it was composed of 900 white taxable "inhabitants in midling Circumstances." |