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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 |
|---|---|
| Black Bald |
S Macon County at the head of Dry Branch. Alt. approx. 5,100. |
| Black Balsam Knob |
S Haywood County between the headwaters of Yellowstone Prong and Flat Laurel Creek. |
| Black Branch |
rises in SW Duplin County and flows NE into Rockfish Creek. |
| Black Brothers |
former name of two peaks approx. 1 mi. N of Mount Mitchell, S Yancey County. Renamed Mount Craig and Big Tom, which see, in 1947. |
| Black Camp Gap |
on the Haywood-Swain county line near the head of Bunches Creek in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Balsam Mountain. A log-house camp was built there for the use of cattle rangers and hunters. A forest fire partially burned the camp, burning off the bark and charring the logs of the cabins. Later campers lodging there got themselves black from contact with the burnt logs, hence the name Black Camp. Alt. 4,492. |
| Black Creek |
rises in E Rutherford County SW of Hollis and flows SE into Hinton Creek. |
| Black Creek Swamp |
appears on the Collet map, 1770, as a fork of East Mingo Branch, which see, lying completely in modern Harnett County between Black River and East Mingo Branch. The particular fork is no longer named on maps. |
| Black Creek Township |
S Wilson County. |
| Black Dome |
See Mount Mitchell. |
| Black Fields |
an area of black, poorly drained soil in E Washington County, covering an area of approx. 6 sq. mi., W of the community of Scuppernong. Mentioned as early as 1868 in local records. |
