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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.
Some place names included in The North Carolina Gazetteer contain terms that are considered offensive.
"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 |
|---|---|
| Bluffs, The |
rough, rocky mountain peaks in SW Alleghany County E of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Doughton Park, which see. |
| Bly Gap |
S Clay County. The Appalachian Trail passes through the gap just N of the Georgia line. |
| Blythe Branch |
rises in E Transylvania County and flows SW into Lydia Creek. |
| Blythe Mill Creek |
rises in NW Henderson County and flows SE into French Broad River. |
| Blythe Mountain |
W Henderson County on Little Willow Creek. |
| Board Camp Creek |
rises in N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park below Broad Camp Gap and flows W into Forney Creek. |
| Board Camp Gap |
N Swain County on Forney Ridge in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. |
| Board Cove Branch |
rises in NE Swain County and flows N into Bunches Creek. |
| Board Gap |
on Drymans Branch in S Macon County. |
| Boardman |
town in NW Columbus County on Lumber River. Inc. 1891 as Hub; name changed in 1899 to honor prominent American Baptist clergyman George Dana Board-man (1828-1903). Long inactive in municipal affairs. |
