Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Hoover Hill |
community in W Randolph County. A post office operated there, 1849-1907. In the early twentieth century, a prosperous gold mine was operated there. Ancestors of President Herbert Hoover are buried in the vicinity. |
| Hoover Meadow |
SE Yancey County between the SW end of Dovers Ridge and Sevenmile Ridge. |
| Hop Creek |
rises in NW Catawba County and flows SE into Jacob Fork. |
| Hop Mountain |
SW Madison County, a peak on Spring Creek Mountain. Alt. 4,072. |
| Hope |
See Trinity. |
| Hope Mills |
town in SW Cumberland County. Active antebellum textile center. Known as Rockfish before the Civil War. Inc. as Hope Mills, 1891, when new mills were built. Alt. 117. |
| Hope Valley Forest |
N Chatham and S Durham Counties, contained 1,735 acres. Est. in 1941 when the U.S. government conveyed a rehabilitation camp area to North Carolina State College. Now part of Jordan Lake public lands. |
| Hopedale |
community in central Alamance County on Stony Creek at Big Falls, which see. Produces textiles. |
| Hopewell |
community in NW Mecklenburg County. It developed around Hopewell Presbyterian Church, organized 1762. |
| Hopewell Branch |
rises in central Madison County and flows SW into French Broad River. |