Higgins
Higgins is a populated place in Egypt Township in Yancey County, North Carolina, United States. Already in decline in the 1920s, it was revived by a Presbyterian missionary who obtained support from the Markle Foundation in the 1930s, but has since been largely abandoned.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: populated place in Egypt township in Yancey County, North Carolina
- Also known as: “Higgins, North Carolina”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burnsville.
Burnsville
Town
Photo: Shapwolf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burnsville is a town that serves as the county seat of Yancey County, North Carolina, United States. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, sits in the shadow of Mount Mitchell, the highest peak in the Eastern Continental United States. Burnsville is situated 5 miles southeast of Higgins.
Higgins
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Egypt Township, Yancey, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.95956° or 35° 57′ 34″ northLongitude
-82.38013° or 82° 22′ 49″ westElevation
2,411 feet (735 metres)Open location code
867VXJ59+RWOpenStreetMap ID
node 153856611OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
“Higgins” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “希金斯 (北卡羅萊納州)”
- Chinese: “希金斯”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Max Higgins Cemetery and Turner Randolph Cemetery.
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