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Place Description
Hudson Township

SE Caldwell County.
Huey Gap

central Haywood County on the head of Dotson Branch.
Huff Island

SE Bertie County between Middle River and Roanoke River. Approx. 4½ mi. long and 1 mi. wide. See also Purchace Islands.
Huffmans Creek

rises in N Davidson County and flows SW into Reedy Creek.
Huffmantown

community in NW Onslow County between Mill Swamp and Purgatory Pocosin.
Huggins Bay

a loam-filled bay in SW Columbus County. See also Carolina Bays.
Huggins Branch

rises in N Swain County and flows NW into Hazel Creek.
Huggins Creek

rises in SW Columbus County and flows S into South Carolina, where it enters Jordan Swamp.
Huggins Hell

thicket of rhododendron and laurel covering between 400 and 500 acres in N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Named for Irving Huggins, early settler, who was trapped there for several days while herding cattle.
Huggins Island

E Onslow County between Dudley's Island and Swansboro in White Oak River. Named for Luke Huggins. Appears as Stones Island on the Moseley map, 1733. A fort or battery erected there by Confederate forces was designed to protect Bogue Inlet and West Channel from the Union fleet; it was destroyed in 1862.