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Holly Grovecommunity in central Davidson County. See also Conrad Hill.
Holly Grovecommunity in NE Gates County.
Holly Grovecommunity in W Richmond County.
Holly Grove TownshipNE Gates County.
Holly Meadow Branchrises in central Cabarrus County and flows S into Coddle Creek.
Holly NeckSee Beasley.
Holly Pointpeninsula extending from W Goose Creek Island, NE Pamlico County, into Goose Creek at the mouth of Dixon Creek.
Holly Ridgea raised strip of ground in Dismal Swamp, SE Gates County.
Holly Ridgetown in S Onslow County. Alt. 66. Est. about 1890 as a wood station on the railroad. Inc. 1941. Named for a slight elevation on which holly formerly grew; at Holly Shelter Bay about 1 mi. S was Sages Ordinary (dating from the Revolution), at which George Washington spent the night, April 23, 1791. See also Camp Davis.
Holly Shelter Baya pocosin in E Pender County bounded on the NE by Shaken Creek, on the W by Northeast Cape Fear River, and on the S by Trumpeter Swamp. It is about 10 mi. long and 7 mi. wide. Appears as Holly Schelter Precoson on the Collet map, 1770 (although mistakenly applied to Angola Bay), and on the Price map, 1808. Holly Shelter Wildlife Management Area, 48,470 acres, is operated by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission; bear and deer abound.