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Locust Gapon the Watauga County, N.C.-Johnson County, Tenn., line in the Stone Mountains.
Locust Grovecommunity in N Randolph County.
Locust GroveSee Satterwhite.
Locust Hillcommunity in W Caswell County. Named for locust trees in the vicinity. Known as Brown's Store from the early nineteenth century until the 1840s, when the name was changed. Jethro Brown operated the store. Rose Hill, home of Bedford Brown, U.S. senator from 1829 to 1840, state legislator, and opponent of secession in 1860, stands there; built about 1802.
Locust Hillhome of William Eaton, W Vance County. Built between 1740-43; served as an early religious center for the Episcopal Church, and the first Granville County Superior Court met there in 1746. Located approx. 3 mi. SW of Henderson.
Locust Hill TownshipW central Caswell County.
Locust KnobS central Avery County.
Locust KnobNE Buncombe County in the Great Craggy Mountains. Alt. approx. 5,480.
Locust KnobN McDowell County, a part of Pompey Ridge between O'Dear Creek and Long Branch. Alt. approx. 2,650.
Locust Knobcentral Mitchell County between Toe River and Pumpkin Patch Mountain.