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Place Description
Horsepen Branch

rises in S Greene County and flows SE into Rainbow Creek. The name appears in local records prior to the Revolution.

Horsepen Creek

rises in NW Columbus County on the Columbus-Robeson-Bladen county lines and flows W into Big Swamp.

Horsepen Pocosin

a sandy pocosin in SW Gates County. Alt. 28.

Horsepen Point

SE Carteret County, extends from Core Banks into Core Sound.

Horsepen Swamp

rises in NW Beaufort County and flows SW into Tranters Creek.

Horseshoe

community in NW Camden County. Settled shortly after 1700 and formerly known as Newfoundland.

Horseshoe Bend

a bend in Eagle Creek at the SW end of Big Fork Ridge, NW Swain County.

Horseshoe Mountain

SE Macon County at the head of Brooks Creek.

Horseshoe Neck

a sharp bend in the Yadkin River in W Davidson and E Davie Counties. The neck of land formed by the bend is in Davidson County. Appears on the Collet map, 1770, as Horse-shoe. See also Boone's Cave.

Horseshoe Ridge

S Swain County between Dark Branch and Davis Branch.