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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 |
|---|---|
| Homing Creek |
rises in E Wake County and flows SE into Little River. |
| Hominy |
community in SW Buncombe County. Alt. 2,097. |
| Hominy Creek |
rises in E Haywood County and flows generally E into central Buncombe County, where it enters French Broad River. Said to have been visited by a South Carolina hunting party before the Revolution and given the name because they ate hominy for supper the first night. |
| Hominy Gap |
E Haywood County. Alt. 2,678. Highway between Canton and Asheville passes through the gap. |
| Hominy Heights |
former community in central Wilson County just W of and named for Hominy Swamp, now within the limits of the city of Wilson. Known earlier as White's Store. Capt. William White operated a store there as early as 1812. |
| Hominy Swamp |
rises in W central Wilson County and flows SE into Contentnea Creek. Appears in local records as early as 1764. Said to have been named for a hominy mill operated on its waters by that date. |
| Honey |
community in E Union County served by post office, 1892-1903. |
| Honey Hill |
town in central Columbus County. Inc. 1895, but long inactive in municipal affairs. |
| Honey Island Swamp |
rises in W Brunswick and E Columbus Counties and flows SW along the Brunswick-Columbus county line through Green Swamp into Juniper Creek. |
| Honey Pond |
community in W central Brunswick County. |
