Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Hasty |
town in S Scotland County. Inc. 1889, but long inactive in municipal affairs. Named for a family that owned land there when a railroad flag stop was est. Alt. 197. |
| Hatch Point |
S Onslow County, extends into New River. Probably named for Lemuel Hatch, who owned property in the vicinity in 1760. |
| Hatchell's Point |
See Windmill Point. |
| Hatcher's Run |
rises in W Granville County and flows S and E into Fishing Creek. Appears on 1770 Collet map as Hatches Run. |
| Hatorask |
See Hatteras Island. |
| Hatorask Inlet |
from the Atlantic Ocean into Roanoke Sound through Bodie Island, opened prior to 1585 and closed prior to 1657. The site was a short distance N of present Oregon Inlet, E Dare County. At various times, Hatorask Inlet was also known as Port Fernando and under other spellings of Hatorask. |
| Hatrask |
See Hatteras Island. |
| Hattaway Mountain |
E Stanly County between Little Mountain Creek and Sugarloaf Mountain. |
| Hatteras |
community near the S end of Hatteras Island, E Dare County. Inc. 1931, but never active in municipal affairs. The name apparently is an English rendition of the Algonquian Indian expression meaning "there is less vegetation." Post office est. there, 1858. Alt. 10. |
| Hatteras Bight |
a cove in the Atlantic Ocean off the S shore of Hatteras Island at Cape Hatteras, S Dare County. |