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Place Description
Hanes

or former community in S Forsyth County. Named for Hanes family, which est. a mill village there. Now within the corporate limits of Winston-Salem. Alt. 887.
Haney Creek

rises in S Yancey County and flows E into Elk Fork.
Hanging Bluff

See Hanging Rock State Park.
Hanging Dog

community in NW Cherokee County.
Hanging Dog Creek

rises in N Cherokee County on Hanging Dog Mountain and flows SW into Hiwassee River. It was named because an Indian's hunting dog became hung in a mass of jammed logs and vines in the flooded creek.
Hanging Dog Gap

N Cherokee County in the N end of Hanging Dog Mountain.
Hanging Dog Mountain

extends from central Cherokee County NE into the Snowbird Mountains in SW Graham County. Named peaks include Buzzard Roost, High Peak, and Rocky Knob.
Hanging Rock

on the Avery-Watauga county line at the SW end of Hanging Rock Ridge. Alt. 5,237. Known by the Cherokee Indians as Yonah-wayah (bear's paw).
Hanging Rock Branch

rises in E Mitchell County and flows SW into Beaver Creek.
Hanging Rock Ridge

extends NE from Hanging Rock on the Avery-Watauga county line between Dutch Creek and Watauga River to Townsend Gap in S Watauga County.