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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 |
|---|---|
| Bowman Bluff |
an elevation in W Henderson County overlooking French Broad River. Named because it was an Indian lookout site. |
| Bowman Gap |
N Yancey County between the head of Shoal Creek and Bailey Hill. |
| Bowmans Bluff |
community in W Henderson County near the mouth of Willow Creek. Settled about 1875-80. |
| Bowmore |
community in S Hoke County. |
| Box Creek |
rises in N central Rutherford County at Camel Knob and flows S into Second Broad River. |
| Box, P[ort] |
See P[ort] Box. |
| Boyd |
community in SW Rockingham County served by post office, 1884-1905. Mill run by J. Wright Moore was nearby. |
| Boyd Branch |
rises near Little Hickory Top in S Buncombe County and flows SE into Bent Creek. |
| Boyd Creek |
rises in central Alamance County and flows S into Haw River. |
| Boyd Mountain |
NW Buncombe County between Cherry and Wade Gaps. |
