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town in SE Chatham County on Deep River. Inc. 1796 as Lyons; name changed to Haywoodsborough in 1797 and to Haywood in 1800. Long inactive in municipal affairs. Named for John Haywood (1755-1827), state treasurer. Moncure is now immediately to the NW of the site of Haywood, which, aside from a church and a few houses, is mostly wooded.

was formed in 1808 from Buncombe County. Located in the W section of the state, it is bounded by the state of Tennessee and by Madison, Buncombe, Transylvania, Jackson, and Swain Counties. It was named for John Haywood (1755-1827), state treasurer from 1787 to 1827. Area: 544 sq. mi. County seat: Waynesville, with an elevation of 2,635 ft. Townships are Beaverdam, Cataloochee, Cecil, Clyde, Crabtree, East Fork, Fines Creek, Iron Duff, Ivy Hill, Jonathans Creeks, Pigeon, Waynesville, and White Oak. Produces apples, corn, Christmas trees, dairy products, livestock, hogs, poultry, paper, rubber goods, concrete products, chemicals, lumber, leather, textiles, tobacco, furniture, sand, and gravel.

in Newfound Mountain on the Buncombe-Haywood county line between Rocky Knob and Dry Mountain.

rises in S Haywood County at Sweetwater Spring and flows NE to join Buckeye Creek in forming Middle Prong [West Fork Pigeon River].

central Graham County in the Cheoah Mountains at the head of Cochran Creek.

former town in central Buncombe County at or near West Asheville. Inc. 1891 but soon became inactive in municipal affairs. Now within the city limits of Asheville.

rises in N Swain County on the SW slope of Silers Bald in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and flows SW into Fontana Lake. It was named for a patch of hazelnut bushes near its mouth.

community in E central Caldwell County. Formerly a post office.

W Jackson County between Mince Branch and Dicks Creek.

on the Cherokee County, N.C.-Monroe County, Tenn., line in the Unicoi Mountains.