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This content is from the North Carolina Gazetteer, edited by William S. Powell and Michael Hill. Copyright © 2010 by the University of North Carolina Press. Used by permission of the publisher. For personal use and not for further distribution. Please submit permission requests for other use directly to the publisher.
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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 |
|---|---|
| Beargrass Swamp |
rises in S Martin County and flows W into Turkey Swamp. |
| Beargrass Township |
S central Martin County. |
| Bearhead Creek |
rises in E Onslow County and flows NW into Wallace Creek. |
| Bearmeat Branch |
rises in SE Swain County and flows SW into Yalaka Creek. |
| Bearpaw |
community in W Cherokee County at the mouth of Bearpaw Creek. |
| Bearpaw Creek |
rises in W Cherokee County and flows SW and SE into Hiwassee River. |
| Bearpen Branch |
rises in N Swain County on Noland Ridge and flows SE into Left Fork [Deep Creek]. |
| Bearpen Creek |
rises in N Swain County and flows S into Noland Creek. |
| Bearpen Gap |
SW Avery County near the Mitchell County line. |
| Bearpen Knob |
peak in S Jackson County bordered on NW by Chattooga River. Southern slope is head for Scotsman Creek. Also called Bearpen Mountain. Alt. 4,300. |
