| Nantahala River | rises in SW Macon County and flows NW to the Clay-Macon county line, which it forms for a part of its course; it then flows into Graham County, where it enters Little Tennessee River. See also Camp Branch Falls. |
| Nantahala Township | NW Macon County. |
| Nantahala Township | S Swain County. |
| Naomi Falls | See Randleman. |
| Naples | community in N Henderson County. Alt. 2,080. A cooperative school and hospital are maintained there by Seventh-Day Adventists. Named 1901 when a post office was est. there because Mud Creek in the valley below often flooded, reminding a local resident of the Bay of Naples. |
| Narassa | community in NE Brunswick County. Produces lumber and fertilizers. |
| Narhantes | See Nahunta Swamp. |
| Narrow Ridge | NE Yancey County between Green Mountain and Brush Creek. |
| Narrows | boat channel through the narrow part of Currituck Sound near Poplar Branch. Tidal-marsh islands lie on either side of the channel in S Currituck County. Appears on the Comberford map, 1657. |
| Narrows of the Yadkin | formerly a portion of Yadkin River in Montgomery and Stanly Counties constricted by the Uwharrie Mountains, through which the river passes. With the construction of Badin Dam in 1917, the Narrows of the Yadkin were submerged by Badin Lake. Appears on the Price map, 1808, and the MacRae map, 1833. Sometimes referred to as Yadkin Narrows. |