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Place Description
Harris Millpond

S Martin County on Beargrass Swamp.
Harris Mine

See Harris.
Harris Mountain

on the McDowell-Rutherford county line. Named for John W. Harris, one of the commissioners who surveyed the line between the two counties about 1845.
Harris Swamp Branch

rises in E central Brunswick County and flows E into Mills Creek.
Harris Top

peak on Payne Mountain in SW Cherokee County.
Harris Township

former township in S Franklin County, now township no. 2.
Harris View

mountain peak in SE Buncombe County near the Rutherford County line.
Harrisburg

community in SW Cabarrus County. First Known as Harris Depot. Alt. 610.
Harrison

former community in S Mecklenburg County, was visited by George Washington, May 28, 1791. Harrison Methodist Church there was organized about 1785 and named for Harrison Hood, donor of the site. With the development of Pineville, 3 mi. w, after 1873, Harrison began to decline.
Harrison Branch

rises in S Watauga County and flows N into Hodges Creek.