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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.

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--From The North Carolina Gazetteer, 1st edition, preface by William S. Powell

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Place Description
Hamburg Mountain

N Buncombe County E of Weaverville. Alt. 2,910. Traditionally the site of neutral hunting grounds used by Cherokee and Catawba Indians.
Hamburg Township

SW Jackson County.
Hamby Branch

rises in E central Cabarrus County and flows S into Rocky River.
Hamby Mountain

W Wilkes County between Smithies Creek and North Prong Lewis Fork Creek. Probably named for William Hamby, an eighteenth-century settler on North Prong Lewis Fork Creek.
Hambys Creek

rises in E Davidson County and flows SW and NW into Rich Fork Creek.
Hamer

community in N central Caswell County. A post office operated there, 1882-1904.
Hamer Creek

rises in SW Montgomery County and flows SE into Richmond County, where it enters Little River.
Hamilton

town in N Martin County on Roanoke River. Known as Milton prior to 1804, when the name was changed to Hamilton and the town inc. Probably named for Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804). Also in 1804 the polling place at nearby Hogtown, which see, was combined with that at Hamilton. Produces textiles.
Hamilton Creek

See Washington Creek.
Hamilton Hollow

valley in NW Swain County between Fox Gap and Twentymile Creek.