|Gale Creek||rises in NW Pamlico County and flows SE into Bay River. A part of the Intracoastal Waterway.|
|Gales Creek||rises in W Carteret County and flows S into Bogue Sound. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733. Probably named for Christopher Gale (1680-1734).|
|Gallagans||community in N Madison County.|
|Gallant Point||a point of land in S Carteret County extending into the mouth of Newport River. Separated from Beaufort by Town Creek.|
|Gallants Channel||in the mouth of Newport River, central Carteret County. Named for John Galland, an early settler, but in pronunciation the d became a t Frontage property of North Carolina Maritime Museum.|
|Gallberry Swamp||rises on the Cumberland-Robeson county line and flows SE to join Big Marsh Swamp in forming Big Swamp.|
|Galloway||community in S Transylvania County on Toxaway Creek.|
|Galloway Creek||rises in S Transylvania County and flows SE into French Broad River.|
|Galloway Creek||See West Prong [Glady Fork].|
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