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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 |
|---|---|
| Galamore Branch |
rises in NE Swain County and flows S into Raven Fork. |
| Galatia |
community in N Northampton County. |
| Galbreath Creek |
rises in E Swain County and flows S into Tuckasegee River. |
| Gale |
community in central Ashe County served by post office, 1898-1921. |
| Gale Creek |
rises in NW Pamlico County and flows SE into Bay River. A part of the Intracoastal Waterway. |
| Gales Creek |
rises in W Carteret County and flows S into Bogue Sound. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733. Probably named for Christopher Gale (1680-1734). |
| Gallagans |
community in N Madison County. |
| Gallant Point |
a point of land in S Carteret County extending into the mouth of Newport River. Separated from Beaufort by Town Creek. |
| Gallants Channel |
in the mouth of Newport River, central Carteret County. Named for John Galland, an early settler, but in pronunciation the d became a t Frontage property of North Carolina Maritime Museum. |
| Gallatin |
See Graham. |
