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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 |
|---|---|
| Hogback Mountain |
NW Henderson County at the head of Foster Mill Creek. |
| Hogback Mountain |
on the Jackson-Macon county line. Alt. 4,950. |
| Hogback Mountain |
W Madison County between Spring Creek and Meadow Fork. |
| Hogback Mountain |
E Macon County between Walnut and Buck Creeks. |
| Hogback Ridge |
S Buncombe County between Redmans Cove and Buckeye Cove. |
| Hogback Township |
SW Transylvania County. |
| Hogback Valley |
community in W Transylvania County near Lake Toxaway. |
| Hogeye Branch |
rises in NW Buncombe County and flows NE into Sandymush Creek. |
| Hogg's Folly |
name formerly applied to a tract of land in W New Hanover County adjoining Wilmington on the n. John Hogg, in the eighteenth century, by means of a ditch, enclosed a tract of land on which he intended to establish a market garden. Evidently, failure of the project produced the name. |
| Hoggard Mill Creek |
rises in central Bertie County and flows SW into Cashie River. Appears as Wills Quarter Creek on the Collet map, 1770, a name that was in use as late as 1882. |
