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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 |
|---|---|
| Genoa |
community in S central Wayne County. Named for Genoa, Italy, the birthplace of Christopher Columbus. |
| Gentry |
community in SW Rockingham County served by post office, 1886-1903. Named for first postmaster. |
| Gentry Branch |
rises in N Buncombe County and flows NW into Adkins Branch. |
| Gentry Gap |
N Buncombe County between Bill Cole and Lankford Mountains. |
| Gentrys Store |
community in N Person County. |
| Geographic Center |
of North Carolina has been determined by the Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, to be in Chatham County, 10 mi. NW of Sanford. See also Gulf. |
| George |
community in E Northampton County, approx. 1 mi. SW of Woodland. Named for a local citizen, George Harrison Parker. Former post office was George; railroad station was Woodland Station. |
| George Branch |
rises on the Buncombe-Haywood county line near Grassy Top and flows SE into Hominy Creek. |
| George City |
proposed provincial capital in what is now NE Lenoir County near Kinston. Authorized to be laid out in 1758 at Tower Hill, which see, but its establishment was not approved by officials in London. The name was intended to honor King George II. |
| George Creek |
rises in S Cherokee County and flows NE into Martin Creek. |
