| Wittenburg Township | SW Alexander County. |
| Wittys Crossroads | community in S Rockingham County. Aspen Grove was a nearby post office, 1899-1902. |
| Wococon Inlet | See Wococon Island. |
| Wococon Island | appears on the White map, 1585, as composed of parts of the present Ocracoke and Portsmouth Islands in Hyde and Carteret Counties. Port Grenvil, which see, formed its N limit and Wococon Inlet (an inlet, now closed, in Portsmouth Island) the S limit. Name probably derived from the Indian word wahkahikani (enclosed place; stockade). Appears as Gordens Island on the Smith map, 1624. See also Portsmouth Island. |
| Wohanoke | See Ohanoak. |
| Wolf | community in central Person County served by post office, 1900-1902. |
| Wolf Bald | on the Haywood-Jackson county line. |
| Wolf Branch | rises in SE Alamance County and flows SW into Motes Creek. |
| Wolf Branch | rises in S central Alleghany County and flows E into Glade Creek. |
| Wolf Branch | rises in central Buncombe County near Wolf Knob and flows SE into Shope Creek. |