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This content is from the North Carolina Gazetteer, edited by William S. Powell and Michael Hill. Copyright © 2010 by the University of North Carolina Press. Used by permission of the publisher. For personal use and not for further distribution. Please submit permission requests for other use directly to the publisher.
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"The North Carolina Gazetteer is a geographical dictionary in which an attempt has been made to list all of the geographic features of the state in one alphabet. It is current, and it is historical as well. Many features and places that no longer exist are included; many towns and counties for which plans were made but which never materialized are also included. Some names appearing on old maps may have been imaginary, but many of them also appear in this gazetteer.
Each entry is located according to the county in which it is found. I have not felt obliged to keep entries uniform. The altitude of a place, the date of incorporation of a city or town, may appear in the beginning of one entry and at the end of another. Some entries may appear more complete than others. I have included whatever information I could find. If there is no comment on the origin or meaning of a name, it is because the information was not available. In some cases, however, resort to an unabridged dictionary may suggest the meaning of many names."
--From The North Carolina Gazetteer, 1st edition, preface by William S. Powell
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Gibson |
town in W Scotland County. Post office est. there 1846 and named for Noah Gibson, storekeeper and first postmaster. Inc. 1899. Alt. 255. |
| Gibson Branch |
rises in E Haywood County and flows SW into Wesley Creek. |
| Gibson Cove |
in NW Jackson County between Gibson Knob and Tuckasegee River. |
| Gibson Cove Branch |
rises in central Macon County and flows SE into Cartoogechaye Creek. |
| Gibson Knob |
NW Jackson County between Gibson Cove and Peggy Gap. |
| Gibson Millpond |
See Blues Pond. |
| Gibson Pond |
E central Richmond County on Ghock Fork. |
| Gibson Ridge |
central Macon County between Wallace Branch and Gibson Cove Branch. |
| Gibson's Mill |
community in central Richmond County served by post office, 1878-1907. |
| Gibsonville |
town in E Guilford and W Alamance Counties. Alt. 728. Est. 1855 and inc. 1871. Named for Joseph Gibson (1785-1857), local land and slave owner who was active in contracting and grading for the North Carolina Railroad. A station est. about 1 mi. N of his home was named for him and became the town. |
