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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.
Some place names included in The North Carolina Gazetteer contain terms that are considered offensive.
"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 |
|---|---|
| Grinnell Creek |
swampy low grounds of SE Bertie County between Broad Creek and Middle River. |
| Grissett Swamp |
rises in SW Columbus County and flows SE into Monie Swamp. |
| Grissettown |
community in SW Brunswick County. |
| Grissom |
community in SE Granville County served by post office, 1877-1914. Formerly called Slab Town. |
| Grist Mountain |
E Davidson County between Flat Swamp Creek and Lick Creek. |
| Grists |
community in W Columbus County. |
| Grit |
community in NW Pender County served by post office, 1893-1905. |
| Grog Creek |
rises in E Rutherford County and flows S into Cleveland County, where it enters Sandy Run Creek. |
| Grogan Creek |
rises in N Transylvania County and flows NE into Davidson River. |
| Grogansville |
town in NW Rockingham County est. on property of tobacco grower John P. Grogan. Inc. 1889 but never functioned as a municipality. |
