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Bakers CreekSee Mud Creek.
Bakers Creekrises in N Catawba County and flows S into Lyle Creek.
Bakers Crossroadscommunity in central Rockingham County. Named for Baker family, local farmers. Site of Malloy post office, which see.
Bakers Crossroadscommunity in S Franklin County.
Bakers Lakea natural lake in NW Bladen County, approx. 1½ mi. long. Formerly known as Wilkinson's Lake.
Bakers RidgeW Alleghany County.
Bakers Swamprises in N Washington County and flows NE into Kendricks Creek.
Bakersvilletown and county seat, in central Mitchell County on Cane Creek. Alt. 2,457. Settled prior to 1857 and named for David Baker, who settled on a grant that he had at the site in 1797. During the latter part of the Civil War and until 1868 known as Davis, apparently in honor of Confederate president Jefferson Davis. Inc. 1868.
Bakersville Townshipcentral Mitchell County.
Bal-Grahome of Thomas Pollock, president of the Council and acting governor, 1712-14 and 1722. Located in E Bertie County on the N side of Salmon Creek at its junction with Chowan River and Albemarle Sound. The brick house, named for the Pollock home in Renfrow County, Scotland, is no longer standing. Near site of Edenhouse, which see.