| Golden Creek | rises in S central Avery County and flows SE into Linville River. |
| Golden Ridge | N Madison County between Rocky Branch and Hurricane Creek. |
| Golden Valley | community in NE Rutherford County on the head of First Broad River. A post office, Golden, est. there as early as 1835. Large tracts of timber exist in the area; although worked by a lumber company many years ago, there are said to be stands of virgin timber remaining in the far reaches because it was too difficult to get it out. |
| Golden Valley Township | NE Rutherford County. |
| Goldengrove | See Kenansville. |
| Goldknob | community in SE Rowan County served by post office, 1892-1904. |
| Goldmine Branch | rises near Forge Mountain on the Henderson-Transylvania county line and flows NE into Boylston Creek. |
| Goldmine Branch | rises in W Swain County and flows S into Tuckasegee River. |
| Goldmine Branch | rises in S Watauga County and flows W into Middle Fork [South Fork New River]. |
| Goldsboro | city and county seat, central Wayne County E of Neuse River, where it is joined by Little River. Inc. 1847; became county seat in 1850, succeeding town of Waynesborough, which see. Named for Maj. Matthew Tilghman Goldsborough, native of Maryland, assistant engineer for Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. Includes former community of Adamsville, which see. Produces textiles, electronic components, primary metals, leather products, bakery products, tobacco, furniture, lumber, cottonseed oil, machinery, dairy products, and processed grain. Alt. 111. Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, est. 1942, is there. |