| Naked Creek | rises in SW Wilkes County and flows E into Lewis Fork Creek. |
| Naked Mountain | now Morrow Mountain State Park, which see, in E Stanly County. Named after a tornado stripped timber off and left it naked; renamed in 1935 to honor donor of site for a state park. |
| Naked Place Mountain | NE Haywood County between Bear Wallow Gap and Fines Creek. |
| Nakina | community in S Columbus County. Formerly known as Wattsville. |
| Nalls | community in W Montgomery County served by post office, 1884-1902. |
| Namonda | See Table Rock Mountain. |
| Nance | community in NE Rockingham County served by post office, 1884-1910. |
| Nancy Hawkins Branch | rises in NE Cherokee County and flows NW into Graybeard Creek. Named for an Indian woman. |
| Nancy Mountain | S Transylvania County between the headwaters of Toxaway Creek and Shoal Creek. Alt. 3,013. |
| Nancys Mountain | S Randolph County between Kies Mountain and Little River. |