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Preface to the 2nd edition
Preface to the 1st edition
Acknowledgments

"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
Buzzards' Rocks

near Shulls Mill, S Watauga County.
Buzzardtown

See Darlington.
Byarsville

community in S Cleveland County served by post office, 1875-1903.
Byers Branch

rises in central Clay County and flows SW into Shooting Creek.
Byers Creek

rises in E Henderson County and flows SW into Lewis Creek.
Byers Mountain

N Henderson County on Byers Creek.
Bynum

community in N Chatham County on Haw River. Named for the Bynum family, which est. a cotton mill there. Alt. 322.
Bynum Mill Creek

rises in S Edgecombe County and flows NE into Town Creek.
Bynum's Bluff

NE Burke County, promontory alongside Linville Gorge.
Byrd

community in NE Wilkes County served by post office, 1882-1912.