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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 |
|---|---|
| Gaylords Hammock |
See Gaylords Island. |
| Gaylords Island |
high ground in Pantego Swamp, E Beaufort County. Known as Gaylords Hammock (also spelled Gailors Hammock) as early as 1754. |
| Gaylors Branch |
rises in W Transylvania County between Indian Creek and Shoal Creek and flows S about 1 mi. to empty into Indian Creek just above its junction with Shoal Creek. |
| Gela |
community in N Granville County. Alt. 483. |
| Gem |
community in NW Buncombe County served by post office, 1886-1929. |
| Gem Creek |
rises in W Jackson County and flows SE into Little Pine Creek. |
| General Assembly |
has met in the following places, which see. Bath, Edenton, Fayetteville, Halifax, Halls Creek, Hillsborough, Little River, New Bern, Perquimans County, Raleigh, Smithfield, Tarboro, Wake Court House (Raleigh), and Wilmington. It may also have met at other places, but many records of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries have not survived. |
| Geneva |
community in S Rockingham County served by post office, 1888-1902. |
| Genlee |
community in S Durham County. Formerly known as Togo, the name of a Japanese city given the community when a railroad station opened there about 1904. The name was changed after the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, to honor Gen. Robert E. Lee. Produces bricks. |
| Genoa |
community in S central Wayne County. Named for Genoa, Italy, the birthplace of Christopher Columbus. |
