| Grifton | town in S Pitt and N Lenoir Counties. Known as Peter's Ferry as early as 1756, when Presbyterian minister Hugh McAden stopped there; in 1764 it was called Blount's Ford; and in the mid-nineteenth century, it was called Bell's Ferry for the ferry operated by Warren Bell. Inc. in 1883 as Bell's Ferry. Name changed to Griffton in 1889 to honor C. M. A. Griffin, local merchant. Griffton soon came to be spelled Grifton. Produces apparel. Alt. 28. |
| Grifton Township | S Pitt County. Created after 1950. |
| Griggs Branch | rises in NE Cherokee County and flows SW between Fork Ridge and Old Mattie Ridge into Welch Mill Creek. |
| Grill Cove | NW Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Ekaneetlee Creek. |
| Grimes Crossroads | community in NE Forsyth County. Also known as Crims Crossroads. |
| Grimes Millpond | E Pitt County, drains into Chicod Creek. |
| Grimesland | town in E Pitt County. The first settlement there in the eighteenth century was known as Boyd's Ferry, a name that it retained until after 1880. (Boyd's Ferry across the Tar River, ½ mi. NE of the town, continued to operate until after 1909.) For a short while it was called Mount Calvert, and in 1885 the post office was named Nelsonville. In 1887 the name was changed to Grimesland in honor of J. Bryan Grimes (1828-80), Confederate general. Inc. 1893. Alt. 36. |
| Grimesland Township | E Pitt County. Created after 1950. |
| Grimshawes | community on the head of the Chattooga River in S Jackson County. Named for the first postmaster, Thomas Grimshawe Sr. Touted as site of "world's smallest post office." |
| Grimsley | community in N Ashe County served by post office, 1886-1911. |