Beta, North Carolina
Beta is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States. Beta is located along U.S. Route 74, west of Addie and east of Sylva.
When Jackson County was formed in 1851, the home of Dan Bryson, located in Beta, served as the first courthouse.
John Brinkley, a quack doctor, early radio broadcaster, and independent candidate for governor of Kansas, was born in Beta in 1885.