Higgins is a populated place in Egypt Township in Yancey County, North Carolina, United States.
Under the name of "Henry", it was a case study in Cities and the Wealth of Nations, by Jane Jacobs, who spent six months there in 1934.
[5] In 1922 Martha Robison, a worker for the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church, arrived for a three-month stay to establish housing for a missionary and decided to live there permanently.
The local people sold crafts, honey, and molasses; Eleanor Roosevelt visited and made a purchase on July 3, 1934.
It formed part of a group of masonry buildings including the Holland Memorial Church and Kirksedge Cottage.