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Place	Description
Grill Cove	NW Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Ekaneetlee Creek.
Grimes Crossroads	community in NE Forsyth County. Also known as Crims Crossroads.
Grimes Millpond	E Pitt County, drains into Chicod Creek.
Grimesland	town in E Pitt County. The first settlement there in the eighteenth century was known as Boyd's Ferry, a name that it retained until after 1880. (Boyd's Ferry across the Tar River, ½ mi. NE of the town, continued to operate until after 1909.) For a short while it was called Mount Calvert, and in 1885 the post office was named Nelsonville. In 1887 the name was changed to Grimesland in honor of J. Bryan Grimes (1828-80), Confederate general. Inc. 1893. Alt. 36.
Grimesland Township	E Pitt County. Created after 1950.
Grimshawes	community on the head of the Chattooga River in S Jackson County. Named for the first postmaster, Thomas Grimshawe Sr. Touted as site of "world's smallest post office."
Grimsley	community in N Ashe County served by post office, 1886-1911.
Grindle Creek	rises in N Pitt County and flows SE into Tar River. Probably named for the fish amiatus calva, commonly known as grindle.
Grindle Pocosin	N Pitt County.
Grindool	See Whitehurst.