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Place Description
Hayti

(HAY-tie), African American business district in Durham, ca. 1900-1950. Lost to urban redevelopment and highway construction in 1960s.
Hayward Creek

rises in W Craven County and flows E and SW into Trent River. Appears in early records as Haywood Creek and in the nineteenth century as both Haywood Creek and Samuel Creek.
Haywood

town in SE Chatham County on Deep River. Inc. 1796 as Lyons; name changed to Haywoodsborough in 1797 and to Haywood in 1800. Long inactive in municipal affairs. Named for John Haywood (1755-1827), state treasurer. Moncure is now immediately to the NW of the site of Haywood, which, aside from a church and a few houses, is mostly wooded.
Haywood County

was formed in 1808 from Buncombe County. Located in the W section of the state, it is bounded by the state of Tennessee and by Madison, Buncombe, Transylvania, Jackson, and Swain Counties. It was named for John Haywood (1755-1827), state treasurer from 1787 to 1827. Area: 544 sq. mi. County seat: Waynesville, with an elevation of 2,635 ft. Townships are Beaverdam, Cataloochee, Cecil, Clyde, Crabtree, East Fork, Fines Creek, Iron Duff, Ivy Hill, Jonathans Creeks, Pigeon, Waynesville, and White Oak. Produces apples, corn, Christmas trees, dairy products, livestock, hogs, poultry, paper, rubber goods, concrete products, chemicals, lumber, leather, textiles, tobacco, furniture, sand, and gravel.
Haywood Gap

in Newfound Mountain on the Buncombe-Haywood county line between Rocky Knob and Dry Mountain.
Haywood Gap Stream

rises in S Haywood County at Sweetwater Spring and flows NE to join Buckeye Creek in forming Middle Prong [West Fork Pigeon River].
Hazanet Knob

central Graham County in the Cheoah Mountains at the head of Cochran Creek.
Hazel

former town in central Buncombe County at or near West Asheville. Inc. 1891 but soon became inactive in municipal affairs. Now within the city limits of Asheville.
Hazel Creek

rises in N Swain County on the SW slope of Silers Bald in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and flows SW into Fontana Lake. It was named for a patch of hazelnut bushes near its mouth.
Hazel Dell

community in E central Caldwell County. Formerly a post office.