| Rocky Knob | N central Yancey County on the head of Guilders Creek 1½ mi. N of town of Burnsville. Alt. approx. 4,100. |
| Rocky Knob | W Yancey County between Elk Wallow Creek and Lickskillet Branch. Alt. approx. 3,880. |
| Rocky Knob | W Yancey County between Possumtrot and Horton Creeks. Alt. approx. 3,960. |
| Rocky Knob | See Haw Knob. |
| Rocky Knob Creek | rises in E Watauga County and flows NW into South Fork New River. |
| Rocky Knob Gap | between Wolf Creek and Tanasee Creek in E Jackson County. |
| Rocky Knob Ridge | S Haywood County on the head of Mauney Cove Branch. |
| Rocky Knob Ridge | E Macon County between Dalton Creek and Tippet Creek. |
| Rocky Knobs | two knobs S of Horsepasture River, SW Transylvania County. |
| Rocky Mount | city in E Nash and W Edgecombe Counties. Est. 1816; inc. 1867. Named for the rocky mounds and ledges on the site near the falls of the Tar River. Home of North Carolina Wesleyan College. Produces tobacco, furniture, and fabricated metals. Alt. 121. |