See Piney.

community in S Gates County. Alt. 40.

community in N Sampson County near Wards Swamp. A post office operated there, 1881-1904.

rises in SE Alamance County and flows S into Haw River.

a deep hole in Contentnea Creek approx. 3 mi. below Ruffin's (formerly Peacock's) Bridge SE of Stantonsburg on the Greene-Wilson county line. Traditionally reputed to be "bottomless." Its max. depth in 1923 was only 58 ft; by 1955 it had largely filled up.

town in S Halifax County. Inc. 1891. Appears as Hobgood on Gilmer map, 1863. Named for local Hobgood family. Alt. 91.

rises in N Buncombe County and flows NW into Ivy Creek.

rises in N Mitchell County and flows S into Little Rock Creek.

community in N Sampson County served by post office, 1881-1904.

community on S Goose Creek Island, NE Pamlico County. Originally known as Jones Bay; renamed for Hoboken, N.J., to which large shipments of Irish potatoes were once sent. See also Secotaoc.