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Place Description
Ghio

community in SE Richmond County. Named in the 1860s for a German engineer employed by the railroad.

Ghock Fork

rises in E Richmond County and flows NW into Hitchcock Creek.

Ghormley Mountain

extends NE from Thompson Branch to Quinn Creek in W Cherokee County.

Ghoul's Fork

rises in central Carteret County and flows SW into Black Creek.

Gibbs

community in W Burke County served by post office, 1883-1930.

Gibbs Branch

rises in NW Jackson County and flows W into Oconaluftee River.

Gibbs Creek

rises in E Granville County and flows SE into Tar River.

Gibbs Lake

marsh in SE Duplin County.

Gibbs Mountain

E Yancey County on the head of Shuford Creek. Alt. 6,224. Named for Rev. Billy Gibbs, a circuit rider.

Gibbs Point

peninsula extending into the mouth of North Landing River, NE Currituck County. A nearby community is known as Gibbs Woods. Site of the home of Capt. John Gibbs, who in 1690 claimed to be governor of Albemarle. The Moseley map, 1733, shows the area as "Gover. Gibbs's Point."