| Merkle Swamp | rises in N Sampson County and flows SE into Great Coharie Creek. Appears as Myrtle Swamp on the Kerr map, 1882. |
| Merricks Creek | rises in S Pender County and flows NW and SW into Northeast Cape Fear River. |
| Merrill Cove | S Buncombe County E of Merrill Mountain. |
| Merrill Cove Creek | rises in S Buncombe County and flows SE into Cane Creek. |
| Merrill Creek | rises near Black Knob in E Transylvania County and flows E into Cascade Lake [Little River]. |
| Merrill Mountain | S Buncombe County between Robinson Creek and Merrill Cove. |
| Merrimon | community in N Carteret County. |
| Merrimon River | rises in central Carteret County and flows S into North River. |
| Merrimon Township | N central Carteret County on Neuse and South Rivers and Adams Creek. At one time a part of Straits and Smyrna Townships. Previously also known as township no. 9. |
| Merritt | community on Trent River in central Pamlico County. Originally known as Trent; renamed to honor Gen. Wesley Merritt (1834-1910), who captured Manila in 1898. |