| Maufin | town inc. in 1905 in N Pitt County on the N side of Grindle Creek. Apparently it was not developed, as the charter was repealed in 1911. |
| Mauls Point | small tip of land in W central Beaufort County extending into Pamlico River at the NE edge of Blounts Bay. Named for Dr. Patrick Maule (d. 1736), but earlier known as Smiths Point for a family who lived there. |
| Mauls Swamp | rises in N Craven County and flows SW into Swift Creek. |
| Mauney Cove | S Haywood County on the head of Mauney Cove Branch. |
| Mauney Cove Branch | rises in central Haywood County and flows NE into Factor Branch. |
| Mauney Gap | central Graham County between Snowbird Creek and Long Creek. |
| Maury | town in E Greene County. Alt. 78. Est. late nineteenth century. Inc. 1911. Named for Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-73), naval officer and oceanographer. |
| Maw Point | peninsula in E Pamlico County extending into Pamlico Sound and forming the SE side of Fisherman Bay. |
| Max Patch Mountain | W Madison County at the SW end of Buckeye Ridge. Alt. 4,629. |
| Maxton | town in W Robeson County on Big Shoeheel Creek. Alt. 197. Inc. 1874 as Shoe Heel; changed to Tilden in 1877 to honor Samuel J. Tilden (1814-86), Democratic nominee for president, 1876; to Quhele in 1879, probably from a form of the Gaelic word Caoile (the narrow part of a stream); to Shoe Heel in 1881, for the imagined meaning of Quhele; and to Maxton in 1886. Local tradition says that the area was long known as Mackstown because of the many people of Scottish descent living there whose names begin with Mc or Mac; it was changed to Maxton by postal authorities when the first post office was est. in 1866. An earlier post office serving the community was Cowper's Hill, est. 1811 a mi. or so E of the present town. Carolina College operated there, 1908-26, and Presbyterian Junior College, 1929-60; Carolina Military Academy is there now. |