North Carolina Gazetteer browse
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Grantham Township | SW Wayne County. Named for Grantham family, eighteenth-century settlers of the area. |
| Grantham's Store | See Grantham. |
| Granthams | community in E Craven County. |
| Grants | community in central Wayne County. |
| Grants | See Grantsboro. |
| Grants Creek | rises in NE Onslow County and flows NE into White Oak River. Named for Alexander Grant, an early settler. A 1730 reference to the stream in local records calls it Alex's Creek. Known by present name since 1744. |
| Grants Creek | rises in S Rowan County and flows NE into Yadkin River. Named because the earliest known grants of land in the area were along the stream. Frohock Mill on Grants Creek appears on the Collet map, 1770. |
| Grantsboro | community in W Pamlico County. Named for an early settler. Alt. 20. Railroad name is Grants. |
| Grantville | community in E Madison County. |
| Granville County | was formed in 1746 from Edgecombe County. Located in the NE section of the state, it is bounded by Vance, Franklin, Wake, Durham, and Person Counties and by the state of Virginia. It was named for John Carteret, Earl Granville (1690-1763), owner of the Granville District, which see, in which the new county was located. Area: 543 sq. mi. County seat: Oxford, with an elevation of 476 ft. Townships are Brassfield, Dutchville, Fishing Creek, Oak Hill, Oxford, Salem, Sassafras Fork, Tally Ho, and Walnut Grove. Produces tobacco, corn, oats, wheat, hay, sweet potatoes, poultry, livestock, hogs, dairy products, cosmetics, wood products, machinery, lumber, and apparel. |