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Place Description
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

community in E Rutherford County. Named for a local church.

Hopewell Branch

rises in central Madison County and flows SW into French Broad River.

Hopis Branch

rises in W Madison County and flows S into Meadow Fork.

Hopkins

community in N Ashe County.

Hopkins

community in E Wake County.

Hopkins Mine

former gold mine in NE Cabarrus County on Beaver Creek.

Hopper

community in NE Rockingham County served by post office, 1892-1910. Named for postmaster Ida Hopper.