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Place	Description
Gill Mountain	S Wilkes County extending NE from Morris Knob to Owen Knob.
Gillam Gap	on the Ashe-Wilkes county line.
Gillburg	community in S Vance County on the head of Gills Little Mill Creek.
Gillespie Gap	on the McDowell-Mitchell county line. Alt. 2,800. Troops en route to the Battle of Kings Mountain passed through the gap on September 29, 1780. The North Carolina Mineral Museum is located on the Blue Ridge Parkway on the Mitchell County side of the gap.
Gillett	former community in S Onslow County E of Stones Bay. Abandoned 1941 with the establishment of Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Air Station.
Gilletts Creek	rises in SE Onslow County and flows SE into Brown's Sound. Also known locally as Old Woman's Swamp from the fact that an elderly woman was drowned there many years ago. Now within the Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Air Station. Mentioned in local records as early as 1744.
Gilliam Branch	rises in N Vance County and flows NW into Island Creek Reservoir.
Gilliam County	was name proposed in 1872-73 legislature for new county to be created out of Granville, Warren, and Franklin Counties. Name selected to honor Judge Robert Gilliam of Oxford. Bill failed to pass, but in 1881 Vance County was formed with similar boundaries.
Gillikin Creek	rises in E Carteret County and flows W into North Leopard Creek.
Gilliland's Creek	rises in central McDowell County in the Old Fort area and flows into Crooked Creek.