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"The North Carolina Gazetteer is a geographical dictionary in which an attempt has been made to list all of the geographic features of the state in one alphabet. It is current, and it is historical as well. Many features and places that no longer exist are included; many towns and counties for which plans were made but which never materialized are also included. Some names appearing on old maps may have been imaginary, but many of them also appear in this gazetteer.
Each entry is located according to the county in which it is found. I have not felt obliged to keep entries uniform. The altitude of a place, the date of incorporation of a city or town, may appear in the beginning of one entry and at the end of another. Some entries may appear more complete than others. I have included whatever information I could find. If there is no comment on the origin or meaning of a name, it is because the information was not available. In some cases, however, resort to an unabridged dictionary may suggest the meaning of many names."
--From The North Carolina Gazetteer, 1st edition, preface by William S. Powell
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Hickory Grove Crossroads |
community in E Bladen County on South River. Stewarts Ferry appears on the river there on the Price map, 1808. The MacRae map, 1833, shows Cromartys Ferry there, while the soil survey map, 1914, shows Cromarties Bridge across the river and the community of Gravel Hill a short distance w. Gravelly Hill had appeared on the Colton map, 1861, and on various other maps through Kerr's in 1882. Gravelly Hill post office was there as early as 1827 and operated until 1866; it became Gravelhill in 1875. The present name occurs first on the Geological Survey map, 1954. |
| Hickory Hill |
See Lawrence. |
| Hickory Knob |
at the junction of the Alexander, Caldwell, and Wilkes county lines. |
| Hickory Knob Mountain |
at junction of Alexander, Caldwell, and Wilkes Counties. Alt. 2,635. |
| Hickory Knoll Creek |
rises in S Macon County and flows SW into Little Tennessee River. |
| Hickory Log Branch |
rises in N Madison County and flows SE into Shelton Laurel Creek. |
| Hickory Mountain |
W Chatham County approx. 5 mi. E of Siler City. |
| Hickory Mountain Township |
W central Chatham County. |
| Hickory North |
unincorporated outskirts of city of Hickory, NW Catawba County. |
| Hickory Nut Branch |
rises in central Avery County and flows S into North Toe River. |
