Horse Branch | rises in N Pender County and flows SW into Long Creek. Named for adjacent high ground to which wild horses retreated in time of flood in pre-Revolutionary days. |
Horse Cove | W Graham County between Little Santeetlah Creek and Rock Creek Knob. |
Horse Cove | NW Henderson County between Beetree Ridge and Big Ridge. |
Horse Cove | SE Macon County, through which Edwards and Blackrock Creeks flow. A post office by the name served the area in the late nineteenth century. Woodrow Wilson, in a letter written from Horse Cove on July 30, 1879, reported that he spent a part of the summer there with his mother and other relatives. John R. Thompson rented summer homes and furnished meals for visitors from New Orleans, Charleston, and other coastal cities. Highlands, which see, was being developed nearby at about the same time. |
Horse Cove | W central Swain County, extends E from Noland Creek between Andreas Branch and Massie Gap. |
Horse Cove | N Transylvania County, extends NE from Cat Pen Gap to Davidson River. |
Horse Cove Branch | rises in N Macon County and flows NE into Burningtown Creek. |
Horse Cove Ridge | W Graham County, forms the SW watershed of Little Santeetlah Creek and the SW boundary of Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest. |
Horse Creek | rises in SW Grayson County, Va., and flows SE into N central Ashe County, where it enters North Fork New River. |
Horse Creek | rises in W Avery County and flows E into North Toe River. |