| Glady Fork | rises on the Buncombe-Henderson county line N of Glady Fork Gap and flows NW into South Hominy Creek. |
| Glady Fork | is formed in S Transylvania County by the confluence of West Prong and South Prong. It flows N into East Fork French Broad River. |
| Glady Fork Gap | on the Buncombe-Henderson county line. |
| Gladys Branch | rises in central Transylvania County and flows SW into Spanish Oak Branch. |
| Gladys Fork Gap | at the head of Fletcher Creek in NW Henderson County. |
| Glasgow County | formed in 1791 from Dobbs County, was named in honor of James Glasgow, secretary of state of North Carolina, 1777-98. The name was changed to Greene, which see, in 1799 when Glasgow was convicted of land fraud. Glasgow died in Tennessee in 1820. |
| Glass | community in N Cabarrus County. Named for Peter Glass, an early German settler. |
| Glass Rock Knob | on the McDowell-Yancey county line. |
| Glassmine Branch | rises in NE Buncombe County and flows SW into North Fork [Swannanoa River]. |
| Glassmine Gap | on Little Bald Mountain, SW Macon County. |