| Trays Island Creek | rises in S Jackson County on the N slope of Bald Rock Mountain. It flows N and W around the mountain and then S through Fairfield Lake into Horsepasture River. |
| Treeland | See Whitnel. |
| Treetop | community in central Ashe County. |
| Trenholm Mountain | central Henderson County on Memminger Creek. Named for the family of George H. Trenholm of Flat Rock. Tren-holm became Confederate secretary of the treasury after C. G. Memminger in 1864. |
| Trent | See Frisco; Merritt; Trenton. |
| Trent Branch | rises in central Buncombe County and flows NE into Hominy Creek. |
| Trent Branch | rises in N Madison County and flows SW into French Broad River. |
| Trent Bridge | See Pollocksville. |
| Trent River | rises in S Lenoir County and flows SE across Jones County and into Craven County, where it enters Neuse River at New Bern. Appears as Quoracks River on the Comberford map, 1657; apparently first called Trent River by John Lawson, 1709, probably for the river of that name in England. Appears as Trent River on the Moseley map, 1733. |
| Trent River | rises in central Pamlico County and flows N into Bay River. Often known locally as Trent Creek. |