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Place	Description
Griffins Township	SE Martin County.
Griffins Township	NW Nash County.
Griffinsville	See Marshville.
Griffith	community in S Mecklenburg County.
Griffith Branch	rises in W Mitchell County and flows S into Brummett Creek.
Griffith's Mill Pond	See Worrells Mill Pond.
Griffton	See Grifton.
Grifton	town in S Pitt and N Lenoir Counties. Known as Peter's Ferry as early as 1756, when Presbyterian minister Hugh McAden stopped there; in 1764 it was called Blount's Ford; and in the mid-nineteenth century, it was called Bell's Ferry for the ferry operated by Warren Bell. Inc. in 1883 as Bell's Ferry. Name changed to Griffton in 1889 to honor C. M. A. Griffin, local merchant. Griffton soon came to be spelled Grifton. Produces apparel. Alt. 28.
Grifton Township	S Pitt County. Created after 1950.
Griggs Branch	rises in NE Cherokee County and flows SW between Fork Ridge and Old Mattie Ridge into Welch Mill Creek.