town in E Richmond County. Settled in the mid-1870s with the construction of Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad. Inc. 1899 and reincorporated in 1913. Named for Richard C. Hoffman (1839-1926), president of the railroad. Post office est. there 1878. During World War II, Camp Mackall was adjacent to Hoffman on the E in Richmond and Scotland Counties.

community in E Gates County.

Onslow and Jones Counties, contains 78,000 acres. Est. in 1934 by the North Carolina Forestry Foundation. Named for Dr. Julius V. Hofmann (1882-1965), who est. the forest program at North Carolina State College in 1929 and was director of the Division of Forestry when he retired in 1948. Used as a demonstration forest by N.C. State University.

NE Madison County between Bear Wallow Branch and Peter Cove Creek.

See Hawk Branch.

rises in S Watauga County and flows SE into Rockhouse Creek.

rises in W Jackson County and flows N into Savannah Creek.

SE Catawba County. Named for the fact that early settlers branded their hogs and let them roam there until fall, when they were taken home to be fattened.

a group of islands between Back Bay and Pamlico Sound, NE Carteret County. Site of early settlement. Appears as Hog Island on Moseley map, 1733. See also Camp Point.

name erroneously given to Cedar Island Bay, NE Carteret County, on the 1935 Soil Survey map.