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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.

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Place Description
Hatton Island

See Isle Hatton.
Haulover Point

a peninsula extending W into Albemarle Sound from the N mainland of Dare County. It is near the E tip of Durant Island.
Haunty Branch

rises in S central Transylvania County and flows NW into French Broad River.
Havelock

town in SE Craven County on Slocum Creek. Settled prior to 1857 and named in that year when the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad from Goldsboro to Morehead City reached the area. Named for Sir Henry Havelock (1795-1857), British major general and noted Baptist layman who dramatically relieved British forces garrisoned at Lucknow, India, on September 25, 1857. Alt. 24. Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station, which see, is adjacent.
Haw Branch

rises in NW Beaufort County and flows SW into Tranters Creek.
Haw Cove

SW Avery County.
Haw Creek

rises in central Buncombe County and flows SW into Swannanoa River. Named in 1860 for the black haw bushes growing along its banks.
Haw Fields

name given by traders in the early eighteenth century to the region occupied by Saxapahaw and Sissipahaw Indians between the Haw and Eno Rivers in what is now Alamance and Orange Counties. The Indians had left by the time the first white settlers arrived, and they called the region "Haw old fields," a name mentioned in 1728 by William Byrd. Haw Fields was used in 1736 in connection with a land grant there. Edward Moseley patented 10,000 acres of land in the region on November 6, 1728.
Haw Gap

central Avery County.
Haw Gap Branch

rises in NW Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and flows SE across the park boundary for a distance of 4.5 mi. into Hazel Creek.