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Place Description
Hamrick

community in SE Yancey County on South Toe River.

Hams Crossroads

community in E Pitt County.

Hancock Bay

E Carteret County between Tusk Creek and Middens Creek.

Hancock Creek

rises in S Craven County and flows N into Neuse River. Now within the limits of Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station. Appears as Handcocks Creek on the Moseley map, 1733. See also Hancock Town.

Hancock Point

W Carteret County, extends into White Oak River.

Hancock Town

appears on Moseley map, 1733, as Handcocks Town in present Craven County. It was the Tuscarora Indian village of King Hancock, who participated in the 1710 attack on New Bern.

Hancock Village

part of Cherry Point housing area in SE Craven County. See also Cherry Point.

Handpole Branch

rises in central Avery County and flows N into Kentucky Creek.

Handy

community in SE Davidson County. Residents formerly received mail at Jackson Hill, 3 mi. w, and wanted a post office that would be "handy" for them. Post office est. 1889, discontinued 1931.

Handy Gap

N Wilkes County on Carters Mountain. Named for local family.