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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 |
|---|---|
| Grimshawes |
community on the head of the Chattooga River in S Jackson County. Named for the first postmaster, Thomas Grimshawe Sr. Touted as site of "world's smallest post office." |
| Grimsley |
community in N Ashe County served by post office, 1886-1911. |
| Grindle Creek |
rises in N Pitt County and flows SE into Tar River. Probably named for the fish amiatus calva, commonly known as grindle. |
| Grindle Pocosin |
N Pitt County. |
| Grindool |
See Whitehurst. |
| Grindstone Branch |
rises in central Anson County and flows N into Goulds Fork. |
| Grindstone Knob |
E Macon County at the head of Indian Camp Creek. |
| Grindstone Ridge |
NW Henderson County near Bradley Creek. |
| Grinnel Hill |
community in N Tyrrell County near town of Columbia. |
| Grinnel Slough |
stream and swamp in S Pitt County between Contentnea and Swift Creeks and bordered on the S by Neuse River. The stream flows NW into Contentnea Creek. |
