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Goldsboro Cooling Pondin W central Wayne County about 5 mi. W of county seat. Impounded in 1961 to cover 575 acres, with max. depth of 15 ft. and a shoreline of 4.6 mi. Used to provide supplementary cooling for the Goldsboro Steam Electric Generating Plant and named for same. Lies in a looping meander of Neuse River (though its water level is as much as 22 ft. above that of the river), and its water covers the site of an old Quaker meetinghouse. The upper meander loop forms an area known as Quaker Neck; the lower meander loop was known as The Roundabout in the 1830s.
Goldsboro Townshipcentral Wayne County.
Goldspring GapS Macon County between Wolfpen Gap and Pickens Nose.
Goldstontown in S Chatham County. Settled about 1885; inc. 1907. Named for Joseph Goldston, on whose land the town developed. Alt. 424.
Goldview Knobcentral Buncombe County SW of Beard Mountain.
Gooch Gapon the McDowell-Mitchell county line.
Gooch Peakcentral Buncombe County in the W part of the Elk Mountains.
Good Springcommunity in W Surry County served by post office, 1878-1916.
Good Spring Branchrises in W Haywood County and flows SE into Pretty Hollow Creek.
Goode Creekrises in SE Rutherford County and flows S into Broad River.