| Vance Township | W Union County. |
| Vanceboro | town in N Craven County on Swift Creek. Settled about 1750 and known as Durgantown. Name changed by 1850 to Swift Creek. Inc. 1877 as Vanceboro in honor of Governor Zebulon B. Vance (1830-94) after he made a campaign speech there in 1876 while running for second term as governor. Alt. 24. |
| Vandalia | former community in S Guilford County; now within the Greensboro city limits. |
| Vandemere | town in N Pamlico County on Bay River. A Dr. Abbott, former Union army surgeon, settled there in the 1870s, and his wife gave the community its name—a Dutch word meaning "from the sea." Inc. 1874; charter repealed 1893 but renewed two years later. From the formation of Pamlico County in 1872 until 1876, Vandemere served as the county seat. Alt. 4. |
| Vandemere Creek | rises in N Pamlico County and flows SE into Bay River. |
| Vander | community in central Cumberland County. Alt. 151. |
| Vanderpool Creek | rises in central Watauga County and flows NW into Cove Creek. |
| Vann | community in W Union County served by post office, 1892-1903. |
| Vannoy | community in NW Wilkes County on North Fork Reddies River. |
| Vanteen | community in N central Wake County served by post office, 1891-1904. |