NC Gazetteer

Medoc Mountain

Also known as: Rocky Hill
A mountain in Halifax County
… a comparatively high hill on the E bank of Little Fishing Creek, W Halifax County; center of a state park. Named for a vineyard est. there in the late nineteenth century and named for Médoc, France, which contains some of that country's most famous vineyards. "Rocky Hill," the summer home of Governor Hutchins G. Burton (1774-1832), was nearby.