| Sandy Run | rises in NE Duplin County and flows SE on the Duplin-Wayne county line until it enters Northeast Cape Fear River. |
| Sandy Run | rises in N Greene County and flows SE into Middle Swamp. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. Known as Horn Swamp until some time between 1760 and 1767. |
| Sandy Run | rises in S Moore County and flows SW into Deep Creek. |
| Sandy Run | rises in SE Northampton County and flows SE into Roanoke River. For a part of its course, it forms the boundary between Northampton and Bertie Counties. Mentioned in local records as early as 1722. |
| Sandy Run Branch | rises in N Duplin County and flows SW into Northeast Cape Fear River. |
| Sandy Run Creek | rises in central Burke County and flows N into Hunting Creek. |
| Sandy Run Creek | rises in E Rutherford County and flows SE into Cleveland County, where it enters Broad River. |
| Sandy Run Swamp | rises in W Onslow County and flows SW into Pender County, where it enters Holly Shelter Creek. |
| Sandy Run Township | former township in SW Cleveland County, now township no. 7. |
| Sandy Springs | community in SW Rutherford and SE Polk Counties. A post office operated there, 1876-1908. |