NC Gazetteer

Bladen County

… was formed in 1734 from New Hanover County. Located in the SE section of the state, it is bounded by Sampson, Pender, Columbus, Robeson, and Cumberland Counties. It was named for Martin Bladen (1680-1746), English soldier and politician who was commissioner of trade and plantations, 1717-46. Area: 891 sq. mi. County seat: Elizabethtown, elevation 121 ft. Townships are Abbotts, Bethel, Bladenboro, Brown Marsh, Carvers Creek, Central, Colly, Cypress Creek, Elizabethtown, French's Creek, Hollow, Lake Creek, Turnbull, White Oak, and Whites Creek. Produces turkeys, chickens, tobacco, corn, soybeans, oats, peanuts, grapes, blueberries, hogs, dairy livestock, wood products, and sand for concrete.

areas

Delightful Plains
Indian Wells

bays

Beaverdam Bay
Big Bay
Big Bay
Big Colly Bay
Cotton Patch Bay
Cypress Creek Bay
Indian Camp Bay
Reedy Creek Bay
Tussock Bay
White Pond Bay

branches

Horse Pen Branch

communities

Ammon
Berwick
Bluefield
Brinkland
Burney
Butters
Carvers
Cedar
Colly
Cypress Creek
Dawson's Landing
Downingville
Duart
East Arcadia
Edge
Elkton
Ellis
Emerson
Gravel Hill
Guyton
Ham
Hickory Grove Crossroads
Hocut
Jerome
Kelly
Klondike
Lisbon
Little Sugar Loaf
Lyons Landing
Moscow
Nat Moore
Orbit
Perth
Populi
Richardson
Rosindale
Ruskin
Sandbluff
Sites
Southwood
Tobermory
Westbrook
White Oak
Willis Creek
Yorick
Yorkville
Zara

creeks

Beaverdam Creek
Browns Creek
Buckle Creek
Carvers Creek
Colly Creek
Cypress Creek
Donoho Creek
Ellis Creek
Frenchs Creek
Hammonds Creek
Harrisons Creek
Horse Pen Creek
Lake Creek
Little Colly Creek
Little Turnbull Creek
Lucas Creek
Mines Creek
Peters Creek
Phillips Creek
Reedy Meadow Creek
Rowan Creek
Turnbull Creek
Whites Creek

elevations

Gingerberry
Sugarloaf Bluff
Walkers Bluff

estates

Ashwood
Brompton

forests

Bladen Lakes State Forest

historical markers

Battle Of Elizabethtown historical marker
Elwell Ferry historical marker
Future Farmers Of America historical marker
John Owen 1787-1841 historical marker
The Bartrams historical marker
Thomas Robeson historical marker
White Lake Ccc Camp historical marker

lakes

Bakers Lake
Black Lake
Jones Lake
Lake Drain
Little Singletary Lake
Pages Lake
Salters Lake
Singletary Lake
White Lake

parks

Jones Lake State Park

pocosins

Jerome Bog

ponds

Beattys Mill Pond
Bryants Pond
Council Mill Pond
Hesters Pond
Melvin's Mill Pond
Smiths Pond
Suggs Mill Pond

regions

Coastal Plain
Coastal Plain Dialect Region
Lumbee Dialect Region

rivers

Cape Fear River
South River

runs

Lake Run

schools

Bladen County Training School
Carvers Creek School
East Arcadia School
East Bladen High
Paul R. Brown Leadership Academy
Porterville School
West Bladen High

swamps

Bareford Swamp
Black Swamp
Brown Marsh Swamp
Bryant Swamp
Buckhead Swamp
Buckle Swamp
Colly Swamp
Crawley Swamp
Elkton Swamp
Horse Pen Swamp
Johns Swamp
Little Buckle Swamp
Lyon Swamp
Middle Swamp
Murphy Bay
Raccoon Swamp
Red Hill Swamp
Slades Swamp
Thumb Swamp
Thumb Swamp

towns

Abbottsburg
Bladenboro
Clarkton
Council
Dublin
Elizabethtown
Tar Heel
West Bladenboro
White Lake

townships

Abbotts Township
Bethel Township
Bladenboro Township
Brown Marsh Township
Carvers Creek Township
Central Township
Colly Township
Cypress Creek Township
Elizabethtown Township
Frenchs Creek Township
Hollow Township
Lake Creek Township
Turnbull Township
White Creek Township
White Oak Township

transportation-related places

Bloat Springs Landing
Browns Landing
Elwell Ferry
Little Browns Landing
Owen Hill Landing
Tolar Landing
White Hall Landing
White Oak Landing

waterways

Kings Bluff