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This content is from the North Carolina Gazetteer, edited by William S. Powell and Michael Hill. Copyright © 2010 by the University of North Carolina Press. Used by permission of the publisher. For personal use and not for further distribution. Please submit permission requests for other use directly to the publisher.
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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 |
|---|---|
| Hurricane Branch |
rises in NW Ashe County and flows NE into Horse Creek. |
| Hurricane Cove |
E Graham County on the headwaters of Panther Creek. |
| Hurricane Creek |
rises in central Clay County and flows NW into Tusquitee Creek. |
| Hurricane Gap |
central Cherokee County between Hiwassee River and West Prong Grape Creek. |
| Hurricane Mountain |
N Haywood County, extends NE from the head of Toms Branch to the head of Morgan Creek. |
| Hurricane Ridge |
NW Swain County, a short spur extending W from Big Grill Ridge. |
| Hurricane Top |
mountain in SW Macon County between Clear Branch and Rocky Cove. |
| Hurricane Township |
NE Ashe County. |
| Hurricane, The (HARRY-kin) |
SE corner of Granville County and parts of Franklin and Wake Counties where a storm wreaked havoc in the nineteenth century. |
| Hurst Beach |
See Onslow Beach. |
