| Tyson Marsh | stream, rises in S Greene County and flows NE into Contentnea Creek. |
| Tyson Township | S central Stanly County. |
| Tyson's Mill | See Jefferson. |
| Tysonville | community in central Wake County named for Tyson's Chapel and long known by that name. |
| U-Alta Lake | W Randolph County, is formed by a dam on Caraway Creek. Covers 20-25 acres. Named for Eula Alta Farlow, wife of Arthur Farlow, who developed the lake. |
| Ucohnerunt | a Tuscarora Indian town shown on the Moseley map, 1733, as situated on the mouth of Town Creek in what is now central Edgecombe County. Also called King Blount's Town for the chief under whom the Tuscarora Indians began their removal to the Roanoke River in 1732. |
| Ugly Creek | rises in S Stanly County and flows SE into Hardy Creek. |
| Ugly Fork | rises in W Haywood County near the Swain County line on the N side of Big Fork Ridge and flows E and NE into Rough Fork. |
| Ulah | community in S Randolph County served by post office, 1889-1953. Originally Uhla; probably named for the daughter of M. R. Moffitt, first postmaster. |
| Umbra | community in NE Durham County served by post office, 1891-1903. |