| Goulds | community in SW Wilkes County on Yadkin River at the mouth of Stony Fork Creek. Named for Andy Gould, who operated a mill on Stony Fork Creek. |
| Goulds Fork | rises in SW Anson County and flows N into Brown Creek. |
| Gourdvine Creek | rises in E Union County and flows NW into Richardson's Creek. |
| Gover | See Gibbs Point. |
| Governors Creek | See Big Governors Creek; Crawley Creek. |
| Governors Island | community in E Swain County on Johnson Branch. Takes its name from an adjoining loamy area on the Tuckasegee River. |
| Governors Island | loamy section in E Swain County on Tuckasegee River extending SE from the mouth of Galbreath Creek to the mouth of Johnson Branch. |
| Gow-ta-no | See Neuse River. |
| Gowans Cove | NW Cherokee County, through which an unnamed stream flows into Shuler Creek. |
| Grable Branch | rises in central Macon County and flows N into Owenby Branch. |