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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 |
|---|---|
| Bald Knob Creek |
rises in N Cleveland County and flows SE into Little Knob Creek. |
| Bald Knob Mountain |
W Alexander County. Alt. 1,887. |
| Bald Knob Ridge |
S Yancey County between Left Prong South Toe River and Right Prong South Toe River. |
| Bald Mountain |
E Watauga County on South Fork New River. |
| Bald Mountain Creek |
rises in NW Yancey County and flows NE into Cane River. |
| Bald Mountain Falls |
in Yadkin River opposite Bald Mountain in S Davidson County. Mentioned as early as 1819 in a survey of the rivers of North Carolina. |
| Bald Mountain Township |
NE Watauga County. |
| Bald Mountains |
in Haywood, Madison, and Yancey Counties, N.C., and Cocke, Greene, and Unicoi Counties, Tenn., forming the common boundary line of North Carolina and Tennessee from the Pigeon River, near lat. 36°04'20" N., long. 82°24'30" W., to the Nolichucky River, near lat. 35°46'15" N., long. 83°04'50" W. On 25 of 40 miscellaneous maps, 1795-1930, the section of the mountains between Pigeon River and the French Broad River bears no name; and the names on 15 maps vary between Iron, Great Iron, Smoky, and Great Smoky. There is also some usage of Max Patch. |
| Bald of Humpback Mountain |
S Mitchell County at the head of Rose Creek. |
| Bald Point |
peninsula extending from S Hatteras Island, S Dare County, into Pamlico Sound. |
