| Ramsey Mountain | N Buncombe County N of Wolfpen Gap. |
| Ramsey's Mill | See Lockport. |
| Ramseytown Township | N Yancey County. |
| Ramsour's Mill | See Lincolnton. |
| Ramushawn River | appears on the Comberford map, 1657, in what is now Chowan County. Its identity is uncertain, but it lay between Yeopim River and Chowan River and may have been intended to represent the present Pembroke Creek. |
| Ranaleburg | community in SW Mecklenburg County served by post office, 1834-1902. Originally Randlesburg for Arthur Randolph Erwin, who opened a store and cotton gin there in 1834. Company B of 13th North Carolina Troops, known as "Ranalesburg Rifles," formed there during Civil War. Served by post office, 1851-1902. |
| Randall Gap | central Buncombe County near the headwaters of Ross Creek. |
| Randall Lake | on Big Creek in SE Macon County. |
| Randleman | town in N Randolph County on Deep River. First known as Dicks for Peter Dicks, who built a gristmill there approx. 1830; in 1848 a cotton mill was built there and the name changed to Union Factory. In 1866 the name was changed to Randleman for John B. Randleman, one of the owners of the mill. Inc. in 1880 as Randleman Mills; name changed to Randleman in 1889. Naomi Falls, low natural falls in Deep River, was there but now under the water behind a 25 ft. dam. Falls named for Naomi Wise, who was drowned there by Jonathan Lewis in 1808, giving rise to eponymous folk song. |
| Randleman Township | NW Randolph County. |