High Point Township | SW Guilford County. Named for the town. |
High Ridge | W Madison County between Davis Branch and Murray Branch. |
High Rock | mountain in central Madison County between Hunter Creek and Brush Creek at the N end of High Rock Ridge. Alt. 3,555. |
High Rock | community in S Davidson County on Yadkin River. Alt. 584. |
High Rock | former community and post office in SE Rockingham County on Haw River. Mentioned in local records as early as 1754; mill operated there from as early as 1753 until the 1920s, when the dam was broken. Gov. William Tryon camped there, 1771; Generals Cornwallis and Greene camped there during the Revolutionary War. The name survives as applied to a local farm and brick house built about 1807. |
High Rock Creek | See Herbin's Creek. |
High Rock Lake | on Yadkin River in Davidson and Rowan Counties. Formed in 1927 by a dam in the river constructed for the Carolina Aluminum Company. Covers approx. 18,000 acres; max. depth 60 to 70 ft. Named because the dam is built from one high rock to another above the bed of the river. |
High Rock Lake | on Steel Creek in S Transylvania County. Covers 15 acres and has a max. depth of 15 ft. |
High Rock Ridge | central Madison County between Brush Creek and Walnut Creek. |
High Rock Ridge | N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a spur extending W from Welch Ridge between Cold Spring Branch and Hazel Creek. |