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Place Description
Blakely

former town in NW Northampton County on the E side of Roanoke River. Inc. 1832-33. To be laid off on 200 acres of land owned by John D. Amis. Named for Johnston Blakely (1781-1814), a naval hero of the War of 1812. Was terminal point in 1833 of the Petersburg Railroad, the first railroad in North Carolina. Town declined as Weldon, just across the river in Halifax County, flourished.

Blakely's Depot

See Garysburg.

Blakley

community in NW Forsyth County served by post office, 1894-1903.

Blalock

community in W McDowell County served by post office, 1898-1906.

Blanch

community in N Caswell County on Dan River. Named for Blanche Moore, niece of D. G. Watkins, who owned the land on which the community developed beginning about 1875. Alt. 750.

Blanchards

community in S Wake County.

Bland

community in SE Sampson County served by post office, 1887-1904.

Bland Branch

rises in S Duplin County and flows SE into Allan Creek.

Bland Crossroads

community in W Lenoir County.

Blankenship Creek

rises in S Yancey County and flows NW into Price Creek.