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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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--From The North Carolina Gazetteer, 1st edition, preface by William S. Powell

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Place Description
Hootowl Hollow

SW Mitchell County parallel to Roaring Branch.
Hoots Millpond

E Wilkes County on Little Elkin River. Grain and sawmill operated there by the Hoots family.
Hoover Hill

community in W Randolph County. A post office operated there, 1849-1907. In the early twentieth century, a prosperous gold mine was operated there. Ancestors of President Herbert Hoover are buried in the vicinity.
Hoover Meadow

SE Yancey County between the SW end of Dovers Ridge and Sevenmile Ridge.
Hop Creek

rises in NW Catawba County and flows SE into Jacob Fork.
Hop Mountain

SW Madison County, a peak on Spring Creek Mountain. Alt. 4,072.
Hope

See Trinity.
Hope Mills

town in SW Cumberland County. Active antebellum textile center. Known as Rockfish before the Civil War. Inc. as Hope Mills, 1891, when new mills were built. Alt. 117.
Hope Valley Forest

N Chatham and S Durham Counties, contained 1,735 acres. Est. in 1941 when the U.S. government conveyed a rehabilitation camp area to North Carolina State College. Now part of Jordan Lake public lands.
Hopedale

community in central Alamance County on Stony Creek at Big Falls, which see. Produces textiles.