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Place Description
Holtsburg

community in SW Davidson County served by post office, 1856-66.

Holy Swamp

rises in central Robeson County and flows SE into Big Raft Swamp.

Homestead

community in NW Mecklenburg County.

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.