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This content is from the North Carolina Gazetteer, edited by William S. Powell and Michael Hill. Copyright © 2010 by the University of North Carolina Press. Used by permission of the publisher. For personal use and not for further distribution. Please submit permission requests for other use directly to the publisher.
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"The North Carolina Gazetteer is a geographical dictionary in which an attempt has been made to list all of the geographic features of the state in one alphabet. It is current, and it is historical as well. Many features and places that no longer exist are included; many towns and counties for which plans were made but which never materialized are also included. Some names appearing on old maps may have been imaginary, but many of them also appear in this gazetteer.
Each entry is located according to the county in which it is found. I have not felt obliged to keep entries uniform. The altitude of a place, the date of incorporation of a city or town, may appear in the beginning of one entry and at the end of another. Some entries may appear more complete than others. I have included whatever information I could find. If there is no comment on the origin or meaning of a name, it is because the information was not available. In some cases, however, resort to an unabridged dictionary may suggest the meaning of many names."
--From The North Carolina Gazetteer, 1st edition, preface by William S. Powell
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Big Mountain Gap |
central Transylvania County in Big Mountain Ridge, Pisgah National Forest. Alt. approx. 3,060. |
| Big Mountain Ridge |
central Transylvania County, extends about 2 mi. in a north-south direction. Bounded on the N by Three Forks Mountain. The ridge is a part of Pisgah National Forest. |
| Big Oak Gap |
W Macon County on Fire Gap Ridge. |
| Big Peachtree Bald |
in the Valley River Mountains on the Cherokee-Clay county line. |
| Big Peachtree Creek |
rises in E Franklin County and flows SE into Nash County, where it joins Little Peachtree Creek in forming Stony Creek. |
| Big Pine |
community on Big Pine Creek in S Madison County. Alt. 2,500. Post office, Big Pine Creek, est. prior to 1882. |
| Big Pine Creek |
is formed in S Madison County by the junction of North Fork and South Fork and flows NE into French Broad River opposite Barnard. |
| Big Pine Creek Township |
former township in SW Madison County; now township no. 12. |
| Big Pine Fishing Gut |
a water-filled ditch adjoining the Neuse River in E Durham County. |
| Big Pine Mountain |
S Yancey County between Beech Nursery Creek and Big Poplar Creek. |
