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Huffmans Creekrises in N Davidson County and flows SW into Reedy Creek.
Huffmantowncommunity in NW Onslow County between Mill Swamp and Purgatory Pocosin.
Huggins Baya loam-filled bay in SW Columbus County. See also Carolina Bays.
Huggins Branchrises in N Swain County and flows NW into Hazel Creek.
Huggins Creekrises in SW Columbus County and flows S into South Carolina, where it enters Jordan Swamp.
Huggins Creekrises in N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and flows SW into Forney Creek.
Huggins Hellthicket of rhododendron and laurel covering between 400 and 500 acres in N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Named for Irving Huggins, early settler, who was trapped there for several days while herding cattle.
Huggins IslandE Onslow County between Dudley's Island and Swansboro in White Oak River. Named for Luke Huggins. Appears as Stones Island on the Moseley map, 1733. A fort or battery erected there by Confederate forces was designed to protect Bogue Inlet and West Channel from the Union fleet; it was destroyed in 1862.
Huggins RidgeN Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a short spur extending NW from Welch Ridge between Sawbrier Ridge and Huggins Branch.
Hugh Day's GapNE Caldwell and W Wilkes Counties. Alt. 1,687. Named for Hugh Day, a hatter in the area in the early nineteenth century.