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Haw River, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
Population (2000): 1908
Housing Units (2000): 889
Land area (2000): 2.651087 sq. miles (6.866283 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.013819 sq. miles (0.035791 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.664906 sq. miles (6.902074 sq. km)
FIPS code: 30260
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 36.095324 N, 79.357841 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 27258
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Haw River

The Haw River is a tributary of the Cape Fear River, approximately 110 mi (177 km) long, that is entirely contained in north central North Carolina in the United States. It was first documented as the "Hau River" by John Lawson, an English botanist, in his 1709 book "A New Voyage to Carolina." The name is shortened from Saxapahaw, from the Catawban /sak'yápha:/, "piedmont, foothill", from /sak/, "hill", plus /yápha:/, "step". The river gives its name to a small town that formed on its banks.

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Though, by then, we all knew why she had had no character from the Bainbridges at Haw River.