| Owenby Branch | rises in central Macon County and flows NE into Little Tennessee River. |
| Owenby Cove | central Buncombe County between Little Cedar Mountain and Gashes Creek. |
| Owens | community in central Cumberland County. |
| Owens Branch | rises in S Clay County and flows NW into Shooting Creek. |
| Owens Cove | S Buncombe County N of Face Rock. |
| Owens Creek | rises in W Warren County and flows SW into Fishing Creek. Appears on the MacRae map, 1833. |
| Owens Gap | on the Jackson-Transylvania county line N of the head of West Fork French Broad River. Alt. 3,590. |
| Owens Knob | S Wilkes County at the NE end of Gill Mountain. Alt. 1,350. The W. Kerr Scott Dam on Yadkin River is nearby. Named for one Owen, who lived there in 1752 when Moravian surveyors arrived. |
| Owens Point | extends from E Onslow County into White Oak River. Probably named for either Thomas Owens or Benjamin Owens, two early settlers there. |
| Owens Store | See Grove Hill. |