| Browntown | community in S Greene County. Named for the fact that it was a community of residents of mixed race. Settled prior to 1890. |
| Browntown | former town in NE Davidson County. Inc. 1843 at the junction of the Fayetteville-to-Salem and the Greensboro-to-Salisbury roads. A center of trade and furniture making until one of the roads was changed in 1859. The coming of the railroad brought a decline to the town and, after the Civil War, it was abandoned. Many of the people moved to what became High Point. |
| Bruce | community in W Pitt County. Cottendale, the plantation of the Cotten family (Sallie Southall Cotten, Bruce Cotten, and others) is nearby. |
| Bruce Knob | central Macon County between the head of Wallace Creek and Carson Cove. |
| Bruce Knob | N Buncombe County between Wolfpen Gap and Middle Mountain. |
| Bruce Ridge | E Clay County between Glade Branch and Cold Spring Branch. |
| Bruce Township | NW Guilford County, named for Charles Bruce, early settler, Revolutionary War soldier, and founder of Bruce's Crossroad, now Summerfield. |
| Bruce's Crossroads | See Summerfield. |
| Brumleys Creek | rises in NE Caldwell County and flows SE into Lower Creek approx. 3 mi. W of Lenoir. |
| Brummett Creek | community in W Mitchell County. A post office existed there in the 1880s. |