| Moravian Falls Township | S Wilkes County. |
| Morehead | See Rudd. |
| Morehead Bluffs | See Edgewater. |
| Morehead City | town in S central Carteret County on Bogue Sound and Newport River. Summer resort and the only deep-sea port in the state N of Wilmington; state port facilities are there. Inc. 1861 and named for John Motley Morehead (1796-1866), governor of North Carolina, who had bought land there in 1853 as the terminus of a newly inc. railroad. Ships are built there; produces asphalt and apparel. The site was formerly known as Shepherds’ Point, which see. Alt. 16. |
| Morehead Township | S Carteret County. Known for a time as township no. 2. |
| Morehead Township | central Guilford County. Named for Governor John Motley Morehead (1796-1866) of Greensboro. Covers most of the W half of Greensboro. |
| Moretz | community in NE Watauga County on Meat Camp Creek. A post office operated there, 1849-1910. |
| Morgan Bay | in central Onslow County in New River. |
| Morgan Branch | rises in E central Brunswick County and flows S into Town Creek. |
| Morgan Branch | rises in N Buncombe County and flows N into McKinney Branch. |