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Place Description
Hickory Gap

near the junction of the Buncombe-Madison-Yancey county lines. Alt. approx. 3,550.

Hickory Grove

community in SW Chatham County.

Hickory Grove Crossroads

community in E Bladen County on South River. Stewarts Ferry appears on the river there on the Price map, 1808. The MacRae map, 1833, shows Cromartys Ferry there, while the soil survey map, 1914, shows Cromarties Bridge across the river and the community of Gravel Hill a short distance w. Gravelly Hill had appeared on the Colton map, 1861, and on various other maps through Kerr's in 1882. Gravelly Hill post office was there as early as 1827 and operated until 1866; it became Gravelhill in 1875. The present name occurs first on the Geological Survey map, 1954.

Hickory Hill

See Lawrence.

Hickory Knob

at the junction of the Alexander, Caldwell, and Wilkes county lines.

Hickory Knob Mountain

at junction of Alexander, Caldwell, and Wilkes Counties. Alt. 2,635.

Hickory Knoll Creek

rises in S Macon County and flows SW into Little Tennessee River.

Hickory Log Branch

rises in N Madison County and flows SE into Shelton Laurel Creek.

Hickory Mountain

W Chatham County approx. 5 mi. E of Siler City.

Hickory Mountain Township

W central Chatham County.