| New Light | community in N Wake County. |
| New Light Creek | rises in SE Granville County and flows SW into N Wake County, where it enters Neuse River. Shown on Collet map, 1770, as Newlight Creek. |
| New Light Township | N Wake County. |
| New Liverpool | See Wilmington. |
| New London | town in N Stanly County. Alt. 697. Prior to incorporation in 1891, it was known as Bilesville. |
| New Market | town in N Randolph County. Inc. 1813, but long inactive in municipal affairs. |
| New Market Township | NW Randolph County. |
| New Mattamuskeet Creek | See Juniper Bay. |
| New River | is formed on the Ashe-Alleghany county line by the junction of North Fork and South Fork New River. It flows NE and NW into Virginia and West Virginia and enters Kanawha River at Charleston, W.Va. In its meanderings, it crosses the North Carolina-Virginia line into Alleghany County several times. Named because of the discovery of the river in 1749, when the boundary between North Carolina and Virginia was extended 90 mi. The surveyors crossed what they thought was "a large branch of the Mississippi which runs between the ledges of the mountains," and which, in the words of Governor Gabriel Johnston, "Nobody ever drempt of before." Designated a National Scenic River in 1976; now a state park. |
| New River | rises in NW Onslow County near the Jones County line and flows SE across the county into Onslow Bay of the Atlantic Ocean. Appears as Corani River on the Moll map, 1729, and as New River on the Moseley map, 1733. Tradition says that it was originally a long lake in a swampy area, but after an extended period of torrential rain, the lake overflowed into the Atlantic Ocean and became a new river. Camp Lejeune Marine Base is near the mouth of New River. |