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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 |
|---|---|
| Gravel Spring |
community in N Chatham County served by post office, 1879-1904. |
| Gravelhill |
See Gravel Hill. |
| Gravelly Hill |
See Hickory Grove Crossroads. |
| Graves Ferry |
appears on the Moseley map, 1733, over the Neuse River near the mouth of Bachelor Creek, S Craven County. The road from Bath to Wilmington crossed there. A 1901 map shows Nelsons Old Ferry at the site. |
| Graveyard Cove |
in White Oak River, W Carteret County, a short distance N of the community of Stella. Named for nearby cemetery. |
| Graveyard Creek |
rises in S Mitchell County and flows NE into Grassy Creek. |
| Graveyard Mountain |
N McDowell County between North Fork [Catawba River] and Woodlawn. Alt. approx. 2,250. |
| Graveyard Ridge |
W central Clay County in the Tusquitee Mountains, runs N and S along the Hiwassee River. |
| Gray Camp Branch |
rises in NW Haywood County and flows SE into Big Creek. |
| Gray Gap |
S Macon County between The Pinnacle and Tessentee Creek. |
