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Place Description
Gunt, Gun,

or from the Atlantic Ocean into Pamlico Sound through Bodie Island, opened prior to 1733 and closed in the 1770s. Appears as Gun Inlet on the Moseley map, 1733.

Gunter Branch

rises in N Madison County and flows SW into Big Laurel Creek.

Gunter Fork

rises on the E slope of Luftee Knob, W Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and flows NE into Big Creek.

Gunter Gap

on the Jackson-Swain county line near the head of Connelly Creek in SE Swain County.

Gunter Knob

S Madison County at the head of Simmons Branch.

Guntertown

community in N Madison County on Barnes Creek.

Gupton

community in Franklin County. Alt. 300. Settled about 1898. Named for J. E. Gupton, local landowner.

Gurley Store

community in W Wayne County between Little River and Nahunta Swamp.

Gurleys Store

community in E central Rutherford County between Heaveners and Robinson Creeks.

Gusher Knob

mountain in SW Avery County. Site of a plant for processing fine china clay.