| Newport Marshes | a marshy island in Newport River about 1 mi. NE of Morehead City between the channel of the Intracoastal Waterway and Crab Point Thorofare in central Carteret County. Formerly Haystack Marshes. |
| Newport News Point | SE Tyrrell County, extends from the mainland into Alligator River. Appears on the Collet map, 1770, as Nupernuse Point. |
| Newport River | rises in W Carteret County and flows about 23 mi. E and SE into the central part of the county, where it enters Bogue Sound. Appears as Coranine River on the Lawson map, 1709, but as Newport River on the Moseley map, 1733. |
| Newport Township | on Newport River and Broad Creek in NE Carteret County. For a time called township no. 3. |
| Newsom | community in S Davidson County on Yadkin River. Alt. 558. Named for the family from whom land was acquired for the railroad station. |
| Newsome | community in E Wayne County between Walnut Creek and West Bear Creek. |
| Newsome Store | community in SE Hertford County. |
| Newstump Point | ne Carteret County, E extension of Piney Island into West Bay. |
| Newton | city and county seat, in central Catawba County. Alt. 996. Authorized to be laid out in 1845, inc. 1855. Named for Isaac Newton Wilson, son of Nathaniel Wilson and member of the General Assembly in 1842. He introduced the bill to create Catawba County. Produces textiles, furniture, hosiery, apparel, and paper boxes. |
| Newton | community in E Northampton County. Known first as Miami, later as Liverman, and finally by its present name. |