NC Gazetteer

Mount Hardy

Also known as: Black Mountain
A mountain in Haywood County
S Haywood County near lat. 35°18'15" N., long. 82°55'38" W. Named 1957-58 for Dr. James F. E. Hardy of Asheville, who, in cooperation with Arnold Guyot, explored and named many of the mountains of W North Carolina in the 1850s. Formerly known as Black Mountain. Alt. 6,110.