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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 |
|---|---|
| Gideon Swamp |
rises in N Nash County and flows SE into Sandy Creek. |
| Giesky Creek |
rises in S Clay County and flows NW into Shooting Creek. |
| Gift |
community in S Johnston County served by post office, 1887-1903. |
| Gilbert |
community in N Moore County served by post office, 1887-1906. |
| Gilbert Town |
former county seat of Rutherford County, 1781-85. Site, now abandoned, is a short distance N of Rutherfordton in the center of the county on Hollands Creek. Named for William Gilbert, owner of the land. Campsite for both sides prior to Battle of Kings Mountain, October 1780. |
| Gilberts Creek |
rises in S Stanly County and flows S into Rocky River. |
| Gilead |
community in SW Beaufort County. |
| Gilead Ridge |
mountain ridge in South Mountains that form Burke-Cleveland county line. |
| Giles Creek |
rises in N Franklin County and flows SW into Tooles Creek. |
| Giles’ Mills |
community in NW Sampson County served by post office, 1874-1906. |
