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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 |
|---|---|
| Gem Creek |
rises in W Jackson County and flows SE into Little Pine Creek. |
| General Assembly |
has met in the following places, which see. Bath, Edenton, Fayetteville, Halifax, Halls Creek, Hillsborough, Little River, New Bern, Perquimans County, Raleigh, Smithfield, Tarboro, Wake Court House (Raleigh), and Wilmington. It may also have met at other places, but many records of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries have not survived. |
| Geneva |
community in S Rockingham County served by post office, 1888-1902. |
| Genlee |
community in S Durham County. Formerly known as Togo, the name of a Japanese city given the community when a railroad station opened there about 1904. The name was changed after the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, to honor Gen. Robert E. Lee. Produces bricks. |
| Genoa |
community in S central Wayne County. Named for Genoa, Italy, the birthplace of Christopher Columbus. |
| Gentry |
community in SW Rockingham County served by post office, 1886-1903. Named for first postmaster. |
| Gentry Branch |
rises in N Buncombe County and flows NW into Adkins Branch. |
| Gentry Gap |
N Buncombe County between Bill Cole and Lankford Mountains. |
| Gentrys Store |
community in N Person County. |
| Geographic Center |
of North Carolina has been determined by the Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, to be in Chatham County, 10 mi. NW of Sanford. See also Gulf. |
