| Hugh's Creek | See East Buies Creek. |
| Hughes | community in central Avery County. |
| Hughes Branch | rises in E Macon County and flows SW into Watauga Creek. |
| Hughes Branch | rises in N Mitchell County and flows SE into Bean Creek. |
| Hughes Branch | rises in central Swain County and flows N into Tuckasegee River. |
| Hughes Creek | rises in N Lee County and flows E into Lick Creek. |
| Hughes Creek | rises in NW Mitchell County and flows SW into Hollow Poplar Creek. |
| Hughes Creek | rises in S Polk County and flows SE into South Carolina, where it enters Pacolet River. |
| Hughes Creek | appears on the Collet map, 1770, apparently rising in what is now NE Yadkin County N of East Bend and flowing NE into Yadkin River. |
| Hughes Gap | on the Mitchell County, N.C.-Carter County, Tenn., line. |