| Hancock Village | part of Cherry Point housing area in SE Craven County. See also Cherry Point. |
| Handpole Branch | rises in central Avery County and flows N into Kentucky Creek. |
| Handy | community in SE Davidson County. Residents formerly received mail at Jackson Hill, 3 mi. w, and wanted a post office that would be "handy" for them. Post office est. 1889, discontinued 1931. |
| Handy Gap | N Wilkes County on Carters Mountain. Named for local family. |
| Hanes | or former community in S Forsyth County. Named for Hanes family, which est. a mill village there. Now within the corporate limits of Winston-Salem. Alt. 887. |
| Haney Creek | rises in S Yancey County and flows E into Elk Fork. |
| Hanging Bluff | See Hanging Rock State Park. |
| Hanging Dog | community in NW Cherokee County. |
| Hanging Dog Creek | rises in N Cherokee County on Hanging Dog Mountain and flows SW into Hiwassee River. It was named because an Indian's hunting dog became hung in a mass of jammed logs and vines in the flooded creek. |
| Hanging Dog Gap | N Cherokee County in the N end of Hanging Dog Mountain. |