| Marsh Swamp | rises in N Halifax County and flows SE into Beech Swamp. Appears as Elk Marsh on the Collet map, 1770, and with its present name on the Price map, 1808. |
| Marsh Swamp | rises in N Sampson County and flows SE into Great Coharie Creek. |
| Marsh Swamp | rises in NW Wilson County and flows SE into Contentnea Creek. |
| Marsh Township | SW Surry County. |
| Marshall | town and county seat, S Madison County on French Broad River. Authorized to be est. 1852; site still in dispute, 1855. Inc. 1863 and named for John Marshall (1755-1835), chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Alt. 1,650. Post office est. there 1857, before the establishment of the county seat, was named Lapland. For a period before Marshall was laid, Jewel Hill (or Duel Hill), at present-day Walnut, was the seat of government. County court was held at Jewel Hill as late as the fall of 1859. |
| Marshall Ridge | extends SE from Turkey Knob to Clear Creek in N Henderson County. |
| Marshall Tavern | See Ridgeway. |
| Marshall Township | former township in S central Madison County, now township no. 1. |
| Marshallberg | community on the mainland of SE Carteret County approx. 8 mi. E of town of Beaufort. Settled about 1800. Named by Matthew Marshall, a rural mail carrier, for himself. Alt. 5. Formerly known as Deep Hole Point. |
| Marshallberg Township | S central Carteret County. |