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Long Gapon the Buncombe-McDowell county line between Pot Cove Gap and Sourwood Gap.
Long Hill TownshipNE Surry County.
Long Hollowat the head of Left Fork [Cane Creek] in E Mitchell County.
Long Hope Creekrises in NW Watauga County and flows N into SW Ashe County, where it enters Three Top Creek.
Long Hungry RidgeNW Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park between Twentymile Creek and Moore Springs Branch, lat. 35°31'08" N., long. 83°50'57" W.
Long Islanda long tidal-marsh island in Bogue Sound, SW Carteret County.
Long Islandhigh ground in E central Tyrrell County at the NE end of Hollow Ground Swamp.
Long Islandcommunity in E Catawba County. Post office operated there from 1894 to 1949. Former site now covered by waters of Cowan's Ford Dam. The post office and many homes were moved to nearby higher ground. Named for an island in the Catawba River. An earlier post office approx. 1 mi. away was known as Shawnee, 1888-1904.
Long Islandcommunity in W Iredell County on Catawba River.
Long John Mountaincentral Henderson County, extends from the NW limits of Hendersonville almost to French Broad River. Named for an early whiskey distiller.