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Place Description
Hicks Branch

rises in NE Cherokee County and flows SE into Junaluska Creek.
Hicks Creek

rises in S Iredell County W of Troutman and flows S into Catawba River.
Hicks Crossroads

community in NW Mecklenburg County.
Hicks Grove

community in S Rutherford County S of Broad River.
Hicks Pond

in N Warren County on Mill Creek.
Hickstown

former town in central Durham County. Inc. 1887 on property of W. H. and Ella Hicks; charter repealed 1889. Site is now within the corporate limits of Durham.
Hicksville

community in S Rutherford County served by post office, 1845-1905.
Hico River

See Hyco River.
Hicootomony River

See Hyco River.
Hiddenite

community in E central Alexander County. Named for William Earl Hidden (1853-1918), mineralogist of New York who prospected in the area about 1880. Mines nearby produced the gem hiddenite, found only in North Carolina. Inc. 1913; charter repealed 1919. Known as White Plains prior to the arrival of Hidden and so appears on a map of 1871. Alt. 1,140. Produces poultry.