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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 |
|---|---|
| Greer Creek |
rises in S central Henderson County and flows NW into Mud Creek. |
| Greer Knob |
NW Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Twentymile Ridge between Greer Branch and Proctor Sang Branch. Alt. 4,463. |
| Gregg Branch |
rises in central Buncombe County near Jack Gap and flows SE into Beetree Creek. |
| Gregory |
community in W Currituck County. Alt. 9. |
| Gregory Bald |
peak on the Swain County, N.C.-Blount County, Tenn., line in Great Smoky Mountains National Park between Parsons Bald and Rich Gap. Alt. 4,948. Known earlier as Bald Spot Mountain. |
| Gregory Branch |
rises in E Cherokee County and flows NW into Pipes Branch. |
| Gregory Crossroads |
community in NW Onslow County near New River. |
| Gregory's Mill |
community in E Granville County served by post office, 1848-1951. |
| Gresham's Lake |
in central Wake County on Perry Creek NE of city of Raleigh. Formed in 1939 to cover 100 acres, with a max. depth of 30 ft. Named for owner, S. T. Gresham. Used for boating and fishing. |
| Gretna Green |
community in W Halifax County. |
