| Back Swamp Township | central Robeson County. |
| Backcountry | term used during the early settlement and colonial period for the vast interior of North Carolina, located away from the coastline and including both the modern-day Piedmont and Mountain regions. |
| Bad Branch | rises in E Macon County and flows SW into Big Creek. |
| Bad Creek | rises in N Mitchell County and flows SE into Big Rock Creek. |
| Bad Creek | rises in SW Jackson County and flows SE into South Carolina, where it enters Chattooga River. |
| Bad Fork | rises in NW McDowell County on the N slopes of Woods Mountain and flows NE approx. 2 mi. into Armstrong Creek. |
| Bad Fork | rises in NW Henderson County and flows S into Wash Creek. |
| Bad Knob | in N Mitchell County between Aaron Branch and Big Ridge. |
| Badin | community in NE Stanly County on Badin Lake. Alt. 400. Est. 1913 by Adrien Badin, French industrialist who operated aluminum-reduction plant there. Plant opened as Aluminium Francais in 1915, later operated by Aluminum Company of America, closed 2002. |
| Badin Lake | on Yadkin River in Montgomery and Stanly Counties. Covers 5,973 acres; max. depth 40 ft. Completed 1917 by Carolina Aluminum Company to generate hydroelectricity and for recreation. Also referred to as Narrows Reservoir. |