Gazetteer
Place | Description |
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Hudson Township |
SE Caldwell County. |
Huey Gap |
central Haywood County on the head of Dotson Branch. |
Huff Island |
SE Bertie County between Middle River and Roanoke River. Approx. 4½ mi. long and 1 mi. wide. See also Purchace Islands. |
Huffmans Creek |
rises in N Davidson County and flows SW into Reedy Creek. |
Huffmantown |
community in NW Onslow County between Mill Swamp and Purgatory Pocosin. |
Huggins Bay |
a loam-filled bay in SW Columbus County. See also Carolina Bays. |
Huggins Branch |
rises in N Swain County and flows NW into Hazel Creek. |
Huggins Creek |
rises in SW Columbus County and flows S into South Carolina, where it enters Jordan Swamp. |
Huggins Hell |
thicket 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 Island |
E 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. |