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Place Description
Hunters Mill Township

E central Gates County.

Hunters Millpond

built prior to 1720 at the junction of Raynor Swamp and Harrell Swamp at the head of Bennetts Creek, E Gates County. Was destroyed about 1922 when a new highway was built. It was about 1 mi. long. Known in later years as Cross Millpond.

Huntersville

town in N Mecklenburg County. Inc. 1873. Known previously as Hunter's Depot. Named for Robert Hunter, local resident about 1860. Alt. 814.

Huntersville Township

former township in NE Mecklenburg County, now township no. 15.

Hunting Branch

rises in Cane Creek Mountains in S Alamance County and flows S into Cane Creek.

Hunting Creek

rises in central Burke County and flows N through Morganton into Catawba River.

Hunting Island

in Bogue Sound, SW Carteret County.

Hunting Island Creek

rises in W Carteret County and flows S into Bogue Inlet.

Hunting Quarter Inlet

appears on the Moseley map, 1733, in Core Banks of Carteret County. It was opened and closed in the 1730s.

Hunting Quarter Sound

appears on the Moseley map, 1733, as the water now forming the N end of Core Sound in NE Carteret County. Four small islands extending SE from the present Hog Island separated the sound from Pamlico Sound. Three of the four islands were named Chainshot, Harbour, and Shell.