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rises in S central Transylvania County and flows NW into French Broad River.

town in SE Craven County on Slocum Creek. Settled prior to 1857 and named in that year when the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad from Goldsboro to Morehead City reached the area. Named for Sir Henry Havelock (1795-1857), British major general and noted Baptist layman who dramatically relieved British forces garrisoned at Lucknow, India, on September 25, 1857. Alt. 24. Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station, which see, is adjacent.

rises in NW Beaufort County and flows SW into Tranters Creek.

SW Avery County.

rises in central Buncombe County and flows SW into Swannanoa River. Named in 1860 for the black haw bushes growing along its banks.

name given by traders in the early eighteenth century to the region occupied by Saxapahaw and Sissipahaw Indians between the Haw and Eno Rivers in what is now Alamance and Orange Counties. The Indians had left by the time the first white settlers arrived, and they called the region "Haw old fields," a name mentioned in 1728 by William Byrd. Haw Fields was used in 1736 in connection with a land grant there. Edward Moseley patented 10,000 acres of land in the region on November 6, 1728.

central Avery County.

rises in NW Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and flows SE across the park boundary for a distance of 4.5 mi. into Hazel Creek.

on Jess Ridge in N Buncombe County near lat. 35°44' N., long. 82°27' W. Known as Rocky Knob until 1932, when the name was changed to eliminate duplication of names in the same vicinity.

rises in W Pender County and flows S into Black River. Formerly called Hawes Mill Creek.