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Bells Pointthe S end of Bells Island, on the W side of Core Sound about 1 mi. E of Marshallberg in S Carteret County. Formerly known as Bell Point, Bell's Point, and Great Marsh Point.
Belltowncommunity in central Granville County.
Bellviewcommunity in N Moore County.
Bellvue Mountaincentral Avery County.
Belmontcommunity in E Nash County. North Carolina Wesleyan College est. there, 1956.
Belmontcity in E Gaston County. Site of cotton mills in late nineteenth century. Named Garibaldi in the 1870s for the man who built the railroad water tank there. Inc. as Belmont, 1895. Named for August Belmont (1853-1924), New York banker and financier. Roman Catholic St. Mary's College opened there in 1878, chartered 1886; renamed Belmont Abbey College, 1913. Sacred Heart Junior College operated there, 1892-1987. Produces textiles and hosiery. Alt. 685.
Belmont MountaiN Henderson County between Clear Creek and Featherston Creek.
Belmont-South Rosemarycommunity on the W outskirts of Roanoke Rapids, N Halifax County.
Belocommunity in central Surry County served by post office, 1886-1905.
Belvacommunity in N Madison County on Shelton Laurel Creek. Alt. 1,689.