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Place Description
Huffmans Creek

rises in N Davidson County and flows SW into Reedy Creek.

Huffmantown

community in NW Onslow County between Mill Swamp and Purgatory Pocosin.

Huggins Bay

a loam-filled bay in SW Columbus County. See also Carolina Bays.

Huggins Branch

rises in N Swain County and flows NW into Hazel Creek.

Huggins Creek

rises in SW Columbus County and flows S into South Carolina, where it enters Jordan Swamp.

Huggins Creek

rises in N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and flows SW into Forney Creek.

Huggins Hell

thicket of rhododendron and laurel covering between 400 and 500 acres in N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Named for Irving Huggins, early settler, who was trapped there for several days while herding cattle.

Huggins Island

E Onslow County between Dudley's Island and Swansboro in White Oak River. Named for Luke Huggins. Appears as Stones Island on the Moseley map, 1733. A fort or battery erected there by Confederate forces was designed to protect Bogue Inlet and West Channel from the Union fleet; it was destroyed in 1862.

Huggins Ridge

N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a short spur extending NW from Welch Ridge between Sawbrier Ridge and Huggins Branch.

Hugh Day's Gap

NE Caldwell and W Wilkes Counties. Alt. 1,687. Named for Hugh Day, a hatter in the area in the early nineteenth century.