| Nettle Creek | in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, rises in N Swain County and flows SW into Deep Creek. |
| Nettle Creek Bald | N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, lat. 35°34'02" N., long. 83°22'55" W. Alt. 5,172. |
| Nettle Knob | in central Watauga County N of Howard Creek. Alt. 4,000. |
| Nettle Knob | community in SE Ashe County. |
| Nettle Patch | mountain near the Blue Ridge Parkway on the McDowell-Mitchell-Yancey county line. Alt. approx. 3,950. |
| Nettles Cove | N Buncombe County NE of Snowball Gap. |
| Neuse | See Neuse Crossroads. |
| Neuse Crossroads | community in N central Wake County. Named for nearby Neuse River. Formerly known as Dunnsville and as Neuse. Produces textiles. Alt. 234. |
| Neuse Forest | community in E Craven County. |
| Neuse River | is formed in W Durham County by the junction of Eno and Flat Rivers. It flows se, forming in part the Durham-Granville and Durham-Wake county lines; then through Wake, Johnston, Wayne, Lenoir, and Craven Counties, forming in part the Craven-Pamlico and Carteret-Pamlico county lines before entering Pamlico Sound. Named in 1584 by Arthur Barlowe for the Neusiok Indians. The Tuscarora Indians called the river Gow-ta-no (pine in water). |