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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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Place Description
High Top

SE Buncombe County in the Blue Ridge Mountains between High Windy and Lakey Knob.
High Top of Bee Tree

See Craggy Knob.
High Windy

peak in SE Buncombe County between Black Knob and High Top.
Highfall Branch

rises in central Cherokee County and flows N into Valley River.
Highland

See Hickory.
Highland Falls

on the headwaters of Cullasaja River in SE Macon County.
Highland Lake

central Henderson County on King Creek. Constructed about 1906. Covers 20 acres; max. depth 20 ft. Site of a summer camp. Alt. 2,117.
Highland Ridge

NE Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a spur extending SE from Katalsta Ridge between Enloe Creek and Raven Fork.
Highlands

town in SE Macon County. The highest town in the state, alt. 3,838. Laid out as a summer resort in 1875 by Samuel T. Kelsey and Charles Hutchinson of Kansas. They chose the location from a map when they discovered that a line drawn on it from Chicago to Savannah crossed another line at the site drawn from Baltimore to New Orleans. Inc. 1879. Named for its high elevation. Highlands has an average yearly precipitation of 79 in. Highlands Biological Station est. there 1927 as a nonprofit research and field training center for the study of plants and animals. See also Horse Cove.
Highlands Township

SE Macon County.