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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 |
|---|---|
| Bobbitt |
community in SE Vance County near Lynch Creek. |
| Bobs Creek |
rises in E Yancey County and flows NW into South Toe River. |
| Boby Cove |
between Laurel Mountain and Big Creek in NW Henderson County. |
| Boddies Mill Pond |
W Nash County on Stony Creek. Covers more than 100 acres; max. depth 15 ft. Owned by Braswell Milling Company and furnishes power for corn mill. |
| Bodie Island |
(pronounced "body"), one of the Outer Banks, E Dare County. N boundary was formerly New Inlet, now the area around Kitty Hawk. Bounded on the S by Oregon Inlet. Mentioned by John Lawson in 1700. Appears on the Moll map, 1729. Cow Island and Duggs Island, also shown on the Moll map, are now joined with and a part of Bodie Island. See also Etacrewac. |
| Boger City |
community in central Lincoln County. Named for Robert Boger, who est. a textile mill there. Previously known as Goodsons Store and Goodsonville. |
| Boggan |
community in central Anson County. Alt. 306. Probably named for Patrick Boggan, pioneer settler. See Wadesboro. |
| Bogue |
See Swansboro. |
| Bogue Banks |
barrier beach in S Carteret County forming one of the Outer Banks. It is 25 mi. long and from ½ to 2 mi. wide. Fort Macon is at the E end; the towns of Atlantic Beach, Salter Path, and Emerald Isle are on Bogue Banks. The name appears on the Moseley map, 1733. Josiah Bogue settled in the vicinity in the early eighteenth century. Named for him or for the family. |
| Bogue Inlet |
an inlet from the Atlantic Ocean into Bogue Sound between Dudley's Island, E Onslow County, and Bogue Banks, SW Carteret County. White Oak River enters the Atlantic Ocean through the inlet. Shown on the De Graffenried map (French text), 1711. |
