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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 |
|---|---|
| Banner Township |
S Johnston County. |
| Banner's Store |
See East Bend. |
| Bannerman's |
or Bannerman's Bridge, community in E Pender County on Northeast Cape Fear River. Est. prior to the Revolution, but now largely abandoned. |
| Bannertown |
community in NE Surry County. |
| Banton Creek |
rises in NE Washington County and flows NE into Bull Bay; a portion of it forms the boundary with Tyrrell County. Sometimes erroneously called Bunton Creek. |
| Baptist Church Township |
former township in central Cabarrus County. Now township no. 11. In 1945 a part of the township was annexed to Concord, coextensive with Concord township. |
| Bar Banks |
See Bear Banks. |
| Barbacue Creek |
See Barbecue Swamp. |
| Barbecue Swamp |
rises in W Harnett County and flows NE into Upper Little River. Named by Red Neill McNeill about 1750. Mists rising from the stream early in the morning reminded him of smoke rising from barbecue pits he had seen in the West Indies. In a fit of culinary nostalgia, he named the stream Barbecue. Appears as Barbacue Creek on the Collet map, 1770. |
| Barbecue Township |
SW Harnett County. |
