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Haw Branchrises in SW Nash County and flows S into Turkey Creek.
Haw Branchcommunity in NW Onslow County on New River.
Haw CoveSW Avery County.
Haw Creekrises in central Buncombe County and flows SW into Swannanoa River. Named in 1860 for the black haw bushes growing along its banks.
Haw Creekrises in W Orange County and flows SW into Alamance County, where it enters Haw River. Appears as Jumping Run on the Moseley map, 1733.
Haw Fieldsname given by traders in the early eighteenth century to the region occupied by Saxapahaw and Sissipahaw Indians between the Haw and Eno Rivers in what is now Alamance and Orange Counties. The Indians had left by the time the first white settlers arrived, and they called the region "Haw old fields," a name mentioned in 1728 by William Byrd. Haw Fields was used in 1736 in connection with a land grant there. Edward Moseley patented 10,000 acres of land in the region on November 6, 1728.
Haw Gapcentral Avery County.
Haw GapNW Swain County on Jenkins Trail Ridge in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Haw Gap Branchrises in NW Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and flows SE across the park boundary for a distance of 4.5 mi. into Hazel Creek.
Haw Knobon Jess Ridge in N Buncombe County near lat. 35°44' N., long. 82°27' W. Known as Rocky Knob until 1932, when the name was changed to eliminate duplication of names in the same vicinity.