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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.

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Place Description
Great Contentnea Creek

See Contentnea Creek.
Great Coteckney Creek

See Contentnea Creek.
Great Craggy Mountains

range in NE Buncombe County extending S from Balsam Gap to the Swannanoa River. Alt. 3,332. Known by the Cherokee Indians as Sunnatee (morning).
Great Creek

rises in North River Pocosin in S Camden County and flows E into North River.
Great Dismal Swamp

See Dismal Swamp.
Great Ditch

waterway between two of the E islands in the Hog Island group, NE Carteret County.
Great Dover Swamp

is located in NE Jones County and SW Craven County; drains SW into Trent River and its tributaries. Mill Branch, Moseley Creek, Bachelor Creek, Grape Creek, Rollover Creek, and Cove Creek rise in Great Dover Swamp.
Great Elliby

See Upper Bartons Creek.
Great Falls

on the Yadkin River a short distance S of The Narrows on the Montgomery-Stanly county line.
Great Falls, The

See High Falls.