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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 |
|---|---|
| Beacon Island Road |
See Wallace Channel. |
| Beacon Island Shoal |
in Pamlico Sound in NE Carteret County, obstructing passage through Ocracoke Inlet. Located between Beacon Island and Wallace Channel. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733. |
| Beal's Knob |
N Clay County near the Cherokee County line. Alt. 5,000-5,100. |
| Beals Mill Pond |
E Northampton County on a tributary of Potecasi Creek. |
| Beam Mill |
community in E Cleveland County on Magness Creek. Alt. 1,001. |
| Beaman Run |
the S part of Howell Swamp, in N Greene County; it flows SW into Contentnea Creek. Named for the Beaman family, which settled in the vicinity about the time of the Revolution. |
| Beamans Crossroads |
community in N Sampson County between Old Mill Swamp and Marsh Swamp. |
| Bean Creek |
is formed in N Mitchell County by the junction of Right Fork Bean Creek and Left Fork Bean Creek. It flows SE into Big Rock Creek. |
| Bean Shoals |
a succession of rocks and loose stones in Yadkin River on Surry-Yadkin county line, approx. 1 mi. S of the confluence of Ararat River. The shoals measure 2 mi. in length. The communities of Shoals (Surry County) and Bean Shoals (Yadkin County) are nearby. Mentioned as early as 1819 in a survey of the rivers of North Carolina. |
| Beantown Creek |
rises in central Haywood County and flows SE and NE into Jonathans Creek. |
