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| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Harkers Island | SE Carteret County between The Straits and Back Sound, approx. 5 mi. long and 1 mi. wide. Granted to Thomas Sparrow, March 21, 1714; later sold to Ebenezer Harker, September 15, 1730. Known as Craney Island until 1783, when three brothers who owned the island—Zachary, James, and Ebenezer Harker—divided it among themselves. In 1957 the entire island was inc. as the town of Harkers Island. Appears as Davers Island on the Smith map, 1624, and as Crane Island on the Moseley map, 1733. On the latter map, the name Harker appears to denote the owner. |
| Harkers Island Township | on Back Sound, The Straits, and the Atlantic Ocean in S Carteret County. Believed to have been home of Manteo, the Indian who befriended the Roanoke colonists, 1587. |
| Harley | community in W Wilkes County on South Prong Lewis Fork Creek. Named for Harley Thompson, nineteenth-century resident. |
| Harley Branch | rises in E Haywood County and flows SW into East Fork Pigeon River. |
| Harlowe | community in N central Carteret County on Harlowe Creek. |
| Harlowe Canal | See Clubfoot Canal. |
| Harlowe Creek | rises in central Carteret County and flows S into Newport River. A canal connects the creek with Clubfoot Creek, affording a waterway from Neuse River to Newport River. |
| Harlowe Township | on Newport River and Core Creek, N central Carteret County; formed from a part of Newport Township in 1917. |
| Harm Creek | rises in E Henderson County and flows E into Polk County, where it enters Brights Creek. |
| Harmiller Gap | N Yancey County near the head of Howell Branch. |