Gazetteer

Alphabetical Glossary Filter

"
3
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Place Description
Golden Ridge

N Madison County between Rocky Branch and Hurricane Creek.

Golden Valley

community in NE Rutherford County on the head of First Broad River. A post office, Golden, est. there as early as 1835. Large tracts of timber exist in the area; although worked by a lumber company many years ago, there are said to be stands of virgin timber remaining in the far reaches because it was too difficult to get it out.

Golden Valley Township

NE Rutherford County.

Goldengrove

See Kenansville.

Goldknob

community in SE Rowan County served by post office, 1892-1904.

Goldmine Branch

rises near Forge Mountain on the Henderson-Transylvania county line and flows NE into Boylston Creek.

Goldsboro

city and county seat, central Wayne County E of Neuse River, where it is joined by Little River. Inc. 1847; became county seat in 1850, succeeding town of Waynesborough, which see. Named for Maj. Matthew Tilghman Goldsborough, native of Maryland, assistant engineer for Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. Includes former community of Adamsville, which see. Produces textiles, electronic components, primary metals, leather products, bakery products, tobacco, furniture, lumber, cottonseed oil, machinery, dairy products, and processed grain. Alt. 111. Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, est. 1942, is there.

Goldsboro Cooling Pond

in W central Wayne County about 5 mi. W of county seat. Impounded in 1961 to cover 575 acres, with max. depth of 15 ft. and a shoreline of 4.6 mi. Used to provide supplementary cooling for the Goldsboro Steam Electric Generating Plant and named for same. Lies in a looping meander of Neuse River (though its water level is as much as 22 ft. above that of the river), and its water covers the site of an old Quaker meetinghouse. The upper meander loop forms an area known as Quaker Neck; the lower meander loop was known as The Roundabout in the 1830s.

Goldsboro Township

central Wayne County.

Goldspring Gap

S Macon County between Wolfpen Gap and Pickens Nose.