| Vixen | community in central Yancey County. Served by post office, 1915-54. Alt. 2,278. |
| Voharee Creek | See Uwharrie River. |
| Volga | community in N Buncombe County on French Broad River. Served by post office, 1902-13. Alt. 1,721. |
| Voline | community in central Robeson County served by post office, 1893-1905. |
| Vosses Creek | See Mill Creek. |
| Vox | community in N Alleghany County served by post office, 1900-1932. |
| Vultare | community in NW Northampton County served by post office, 1894-1928. |
| W. Kerr Scott Reservoir | SW Wilkes County on Yadkin River. Formed by a dam completed in 1962. Covers 1,470 acres, with a shoreline of 55 mi. Alt. 1,030. Named for William Kerr Scott (1896-1958), governor of North Carolina and U.S. senator. Constructed for flood control and public recreation. |
| Waccamaw River | rises in Lake Waccamaw, NE Columbus County, and flows S and SW in part along the Brunswick-Columbus county line into South Carolina, where it enters Winyah Bay. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. |
| Waccamaw Township | W Brunswick County. |