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a level area below the peak of Fork Mountain in N Mitchell County.

NW Bertie County.

NE Mitchell County parallel to Holder Creek.

rises in NE Forsyth County and flows NE and SE through Guilford and Rockingham Counties and across Alamance and Chatham Counties to join Deep River on the Chatham-Lee county line to form Cape Fear River. It is approx. 130 mi. in length. In 1709 John Lawson called it the Hau River and said that it was named for the Sissipahau Indians, who lived along its banks. Appears as Saxapahaw River on the Moseley map, 1733, but the Collet map, 1770, uses its present name. The town of Haywood, at the junction of Deep and Haw Rivers, was one of six sites suggested in 1788 for the location of the state capital.

in S Rockingham and N Guilford Counties. Est. 2003. Facilities for recreation along waters of Haw River.

former township in central Alamance County. Now township no. 13.

community in NE Moore County. Also spelled Haw Branch.

See Haw Mill Creek.

community in E Mitchell County at the junction of Right Fork [Cane Creek] and Left Fork [Cane Creek]. A post office there known as Hawk Mine operated from 1872 to 1883.

N Yancey County, is formed by the junction of South Fork Hawk Creek and Middle Fork Hawk Creek and flows W into Cane River. Sometimes known locally as Hog Branch.