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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 |
|---|---|
| Bridgewater |
community in W Burke County on the Catawba River. Originally the name of the plantation of John Rutherford, who named it for Francis Egerton (1736-1803), Earl of Bridgewater, inland navigation expert and canal builder. |
| Bridgewater Reservoir |
See Lake James. |
| Bridle Creek |
former plantation house in W Warren County approx. 3 mi. SW of Warrenton. Two Confederate major generals, Matthew Whitaker Ransom and Robert Ransom, brothers, were born there. Only ruined foundations now mark the site. |
| Bridle Ridge |
extends SE from Yancey County into NW McDowell County between Bee Rock and Cow Creeks. |
| Brief |
community in N Union County between Red Creek and Duck Creek. |
| Brier Creek |
rises in W Wake County and flows S into Stirrup Iron Creek. |
| Brier Knob |
on Swain County, N.C.-Blount County, Tenn., line in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near lat. 35°34'15" N., long. 83°40'48" W. Alt. 5,225. |
| Brier Lick Gap |
on Swain County, N.C.-Blount County, Tenn., line in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near lat. 35°32'00" N., long. 83°49'42" W. |
| Brier Ridge |
N Yancey County E of Coxe Branch. |
| Briertown Mountain |
SW Swain County, extends NE beside Nantahala Gorge. |
