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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

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Place Description
Buck Water Creek

See Buck Quarter Creek.

Buck Water Mountain

E Macon County between Little Buck Creek and Katie Creek.

Buckeye Branch

rises in E Haywood County and flows SE into Bald Creek.

Buckeye Cove

NE Buncombe County on the W side of North Fork [Swannanoa River].

Buckeye Cove Creek

rises in NE Buncombe County and flows NW into North Fork Ivy Creek.

Buckeye Creek

rises at Buckeye Spring on the Avery-Watauga county line and flows NW and N into Beech Creek.

Buckeye Gap

on the Avery-Mitchell county line.

Buckeye Knob

E Haywood County between the head of Bald Creek and the head of Cove Creek.

Buckeye Mountain

a peak in the Swannanoa Mountains, S Buncombe County between Cedar Cliff and Face Rock.

Buckeye Ridge

W Madison County between Max Patch Mountain and Roaring Fork Mountain.