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Place Description
Burnt Mountain

E Transylvania County on the head of McCrary Branch.

Burnt Ordinary

formerly an inn on the post road in what is now N central Warren County, about ¾ mi. NE of the present town of Macon. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. The correct name for the inn is thought to have been Burnet Ordinary.

Burnt Pocosin

N Sampson County between Little Coharie Creek and Sevenmile Swamp.

Burnt Ridge

E Yancey County between the head of Browns Creek and the head of Shuford Creek.

Burnt Rock Ridge

follows the course of Sassafras Creek in SW Graham County.

Burnt Shanty Branch

rises in NE Cherokee County and flows S into Valley River.

Burnt Shop

See Melville.

Burnt Spruce Ridge

N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a short spur extending SE from Noland Ridge near lat. 35°32'30" N., long. 83°26'20" W.

Burnt Stocking Branch

rises in E Johnston County and flows SE into Little Creek. Mentioned in local records as early as 1779.

Burnt Swamp

rises in W Robeson County and flows SE into Richland Swamp.