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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 |
|---|---|
| Horton Hill |
N Yancey County between Bee Branch and Sidney Hill. |
| Horton Knob |
N Macon County between Allen Branch and Rose Creek. |
| Horton Point |
N central Carteret County on E shore of South River near its mouth. |
| Hoskin Fork |
rises in NW Watauga County and flows N into SW Ashe County, where it enters North Fork New River. |
| Hoskins Point |
See Palmetto Point. |
| Hosley Branch |
See Hostler Branch. |
| Hostler Branch |
rises in W Caswell County and flows E into County Line Creek. Appears as Hosley Branch on early maps of the county. |
| Hot House Branch |
rises in central Hertford County and flows NW into Potecasi Creek. |
| Hot House Creek |
rises in SW Cherokee County and flows SW into Fannin County, Ga., where it enters Ocoee River. |
| Hot House Township |
SW Cherokee County. |
