| Varina | former town in SW Wake County. Settled about 1890 and named for first postmaster's wife, who used the fanciful name, Varina, in her courtship correspondence. Alt. 426. Merged with Fuquay Springs to become part of Fuquay-Varina, which see, in 1963. |
| Varnals Creek | rises in the Cane Creek Mountains, S Alamance County, and flows NE into Haw River. |
| Varnum | community in S central Brunswick County on Lockwoods Folly River. |
| Vashti | community in NE Alexander County. Known as Cedar Run in the 1880s, when Cedar Academy operated there. Alt. approx. 1,240. |
| Vass | town in E Moore County. Known as Winder, for an official of the Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad, prior to 1907, when it was inc. with its present name. Named for William Worrell Vass (1820-96), treasurer of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, 1845-90. Alt. 320. |
| Vaughan | town in E central Warren County. Alt. 353. Founded in 1851 as Brown's Siding or Brown's Turnout by Dr. Ridley Browne. Name changed to Vaughn in 1881 in honor of John F. Vaughn, local merchant and first postmaster. Inc. 1893. |
| Vaughan Creek | rises in South Carolina and flows N into Polk County, where it enters Lake Lanier. |
| Vaughan Hill | an elevation on the Fort Bragg Military Reservation, NW Cumberland County. |
| Vaughan's Springs | SE Surry County, mineral springs resort developed by the Gid Y. Vaughan family in the early twentieth century; in recent years, the site of Camp Wilson, a private summer camp for boys. |
| Vaught Gap | W Watauga County in Stone Mountains near the head of Beaverdam Creek. |