| Harbor Channel | S Carteret County in Bogue Sound between Morehead City and Sugar Loaf Island. |
| Harbor Island | NE Carteret County in Core Sound midway between Chainshot Island and Wainwright Island. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733. Once horseshoe-shaped, but storms have caused erosion, and much of it is now washed away. The site of fishermen's huts and anchorage. See also Hunting Quarter Sound. |
| Harbor Island | E New Hanover County W of Wrightsville Beach. |
| Harbour | community in S Surry County served by post office, 1889-1906. |
| Hard Ridge | S Haywood County, extends NE in an arc from the head of Gaddis Branch to Factor Branch. |
| Hard Slate Gap | W Graham County between Hooper Mill Creek and Snowbird Creek. |
| Hardbargain Branch | rises in NE Rutherford County and flows SE into First Broad River. |
| Hardee Creek | rises in S Pitt County and flows N into Tar River. |
| Hardin | community in NE Cherokee County NW of Andrews. |
| Hardin | town in N Gaston County on South Fork Catawba River. Inc. 1887 as Hardin and in 1897 as town of Hardin Cotton Mills. Prior to 1887, that portion of the town on the N side of the river was known as Worth, which is still the railroad name. Long inactive in municipal affairs. Alt. 679. |