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Place Description
Grandmother Ridge

E central Avery County.

Grandview

community in central Cherokee County at the junction of Davis and Hanging Dog Creeks.

Grandy

community in S Currituck County on the E side of North River. Post office est. 1898; closed 1932. Named for Caleb Grandy, first postmaster.

Grange

See Little River.

Granger Branch

rises in SW Madison County and flows NW into Spring Creek.

Granger Mountain

W Madison County between Foxtown Mountain and Spring Creek.

Granite City

a formation of granite cliffs S of Devils Court House area between Blackrock Mountain and Chattooga River on the Jackson-Macon county line.

Granite Falls

a 35-ft. waterfall in Gunpowder Creek, SE Caldwell County. Known first as Falls of Gunpowder. Baird's Forge or Baird Iron Works est. there, 1795, by Maj. Andrew Baird.

Granite Quarry

town in S Rowan County. Inc. 1901 as Woodside; name changed in 1905 for local quarries. Post office est. as Woodside, 1891; name changed to Granite Quarry, 1902.

Granny Branch

rises in N central Wayne County and flows NE into The Slough.