| Roan Island | a silt island in S Pender County approx. 4 mi. long and 1½ mi. wide; surrounded by Cape Fear River, Thoroughfare, and Black River. |
| Roan Mountain | NE Mitchell County, extends NE into Tennessee. Alt. approx. 6,200. Probably named for its roan (reddish) color when seen from a distance in the rhododendron blooming season. Site of Rhododendron Festival each June. |
| Roan Valley | parallel to Fall Creek in E Mitchell County. |
| Roanes Mill | community in S Macon County served by post office, 1878-1912. |
| Roanoac | an Indian village formerly near the N tip of Roanoke Island, E Dare County; the site is now submerged in the waters of Albemarle Sound. Appears on the White maps of 1585 and 1590. |
| Roanoak Town | See Carteret. |
| Roanoke | community in NW Rockingham County served by post office, 1894-1904. |
| Roanoke | See Poplar Point. |
| Roanoke Canal | constructed between 1817 and 1823 and extended between 1824 and 1834 to bypass the Upper and Lower Falls of Roanoke River in N Halifax County. The canal, built by the Roanoke Navigation Company, provided a series of locks that made uninterrupted navigation of the river possible. The locks raised and lowered vessels 44 ft. from the basin to the river and could accommodate boats weighing from 30 to 50 tons. With the completion of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad and its junction with Seaboard Railroad about 1841, the canal began a decline and was no longer used by 1865. Chockoyotte Creek Viaduct and other remnants remain. |
| Roanoke County | was proposed as the name for the SE portion of Halifax County in 1868, when there was a move to divide the county. A manuscript map of Roanoke County made by M. L. Venable is in the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |