| Glenwood | former community in central Guilford County now within Greensboro city limits. |
| Glenwood | community in S Johnston County served by post office, 1884-1904. |
| Glenwood | community in S McDowell County. Inc. 1909; ceased to be active in municipal affairs in 1927; charter repealed 1945. A post office there was known as Nealsville. |
| Glenwood Township | SE McDowell County. |
| Gliden | community in N Chowan County. Alt. 38. |
| Glisson Township | N central Duplin County. |
| Globe | community in NW Caldwell County. Alt. 1,325. Settled about 1775 and named because the area cleared by the settlers was practically round. Globe Academy operated there from 1882 until it was washed away in the flood of 1916. |
| Globe Mountains | a range of mountains extending across NW Caldwell County on the E side of Johns River. Alt. from 1,500 to 3,283. |
| Globe Township | NW Caldwell County. |
| Gloucester | town authorized to be laid off in 1754 on 50 acres of land owned by John Jenkins on the S side of the Pee Dee River in Anson County. No evidence exists that the town was ever est. |