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Houstonville is an unincorporated community in the Eagle Mills Township of Iredell County, North Carolina, United States. Houstonville is located on U.S. Route 21, 3.3 miles (5.3 km) north of Harmony. Houstonville was founded in 1789 by Christopher Houston and is the second oldest town in Iredell County after the county seat, Statesville.
The following named bodies of water flow through Eagle Mills Township: Dutchman Creek, Hunting Creek, Kennedy Creek, Little Dutchman Creek, Little Hunting Creek, Long Branch, and South Yadkin River. U.S. Route 21 runs north–south through the center of the township. Two major roads, Hunting Creek Road and Houstonville Road, run east–west. [10]
The area that became Union Grove Township in 1868 included the census districts north and south of Hunting Creek in Iredell County. This area included the following post offices: Williamsburg, Union Grove, Houstonville, and Eagle Mills post offices. Houstonville and Eagle Mills would become part of Eagle Mills Township.
Little Hunting Creek is a 3.6-mile-long (5.8 km) [1] primarily tidal tributary of the Potomac River located in Fairfax County, Virginia, not to be confused with Hunting Creek farther north. A stone-arch bridge, completed in 1931, [ 2 ] carries traffic on the George Washington Memorial Parkway across the narrow mouth of the creek, located 96.6 ...
He plans to take a 290-acre former hunting preserve in southern Greenville County and turn it into a championship golf course open only to golfers by invitation. No houses. No pool. No tennis course.
The Hunting Camp Creek Wilderness is an area protected by the Eastern Wilderness Act of Congress to maintain its present, natural condition. As part of the wilderness system, it helps to preserve a variety of natural life forms and contributes to a diversity of plant and animal gene pools. Over half of the ecosystems in the United States exist ...
Perciphull built his first home on Hunting Creek in about 1820. This property included a smoke house, main house in the I-frame style, grist mills powered by the Hunting Creek using tubs, slaves, and later a covered bridge over the Hunting Creek. The principal crops on the estate were wheat, rye, oats, and corn (most widely produced). [5] [37]
Iredell County (/ ˈ aɪ ər d ɛ l / EYE-ər-del) [1] [2] is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 186,693. [3] Its county seat is Statesville, and its largest community is Mooresville.