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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 |
|---|---|
| Bona |
community in SW Chatham County. |
| Bonaparte Landing |
SW Brunswick County on the Intracoastal Waterway. |
| Bonarva |
plantation of the Pettigrew family in SE Washington County and W Tyrrell County. Of the various plantation houses of the Pettigrew family, two were on Bonarva. Belgrade, in Washington County, was built about 1796 and is still standing; it was named for the earlier Pettigrew house on Harveys Neck in Perquimans County. Magnolia was built in Tyrrell County, the site of the greater portion of the Pettigrew lands. Scotch Hall was the Pettigrew home in Bertie County. Belgrade is now a part of Pettigrew State Park, which see. |
| Bonarva Canal |
W Tyrrell County, flows from Lake Phelps NE into Old Canal. Known also as Magnolia Canal. Dug during antebellum era with slave labor to drain swamplands for cultivation. |
| Bond Creek |
rises in SE Beaufort County and flows N into the mouth of South Creek at Pamlico River. |
| Bonds Ferry |
See Pamlico River. |
| Bone Camp Branch |
rises in S Madison County and flows SW into Bull Creek. |
| Bone Valley |
NW Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Named after an early settler found the bleached bones of his long-lost cows there. |
| Bone Valley Creek |
is formed in NW Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park by the junction of Roaring Creek and Defeat Branch. It flows S into Hazel Creek. |
| Bones Creek |
rises in NW Cumberland County and flows SE and S into Little Rockfish Creek. |
