Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Gum Neck Landing |
See Gum Neck Creek. |
| Gum Neck Township |
S Tyrrell County. |
| Gum Pond |
swamp in Grindle Pocosin in N Pitt County. |
| Gum Swamp |
SE Beaufort and NW Pamlico Counties. |
| Gum Swamp Creek |
rises in N Lenoir County and flows SW into Falling Creek. Name appears in local records dating from before the Revolution. Named for sweet gum trees in the area; sometimes locally called Sweetgum Swamp. |
| Gum Swamp Run |
rises in SE Beaufort County in Gum Swamp and flows W into South Creek. |
| Gumberry |
community in N central Northampton County. Settled about 1882. Alt. 134. Name probably derived from fruit of a tree described by John Lawson in 1709 as a type of black gum, the berries of which were used by the Indians in making soup and in cooking peas and beans. |
| Gumberry Swamp |
rises in W Northampton County and flows S to join Lily Pond Creek in forming Wheeler Creek. For origin of name, see Gumberry. |
| Gumflats Creek |
rises in NE Cherokee County and flows NW into Taylor Creek. |
| Gumlog Creek |
rises in Union County, Ga., and flows NE into Clay County, where it enters Brasstown Creek. |