| Walnut Hollow Gap | in N Graham County on Tuskeegee Creek. |
| Walnut Knob | on the Alexander-Wilkes county line. Alt. approx. 1,990. |
| Walnut Knob | central Madison County on the S end of Pilot Ridge. |
| Walnut Knob | N Madison County between Big Laurel Creek and Walnut Gap. |
| Walnut Mountains | extend E through central Madison County from French Broad River into W Yancey County. Alt. 4,335. |
| Walnut Run | community in N Madison County served by post office, 1872-1911. |
| Walsh | community in W Wilkes County on North Prong Lewis Fork Creek. |
| Walstonburg | town in N Greene County. Lands there acquired after 1775 by John Chester, whose plantation house, "Chesterfield," still stands. His son-in-law, Bennett Fields, after 1845 changed the name to Fieldsboro. The latter name was, and still is, used as the name of the railroad station. Fields's cousin, Seth Walston, acquired the property after the Civil War, and the name Walstonburg came to be applied. Inc. in 1908 as Walstonburg. |
| Walter | community in central Wayne County served by post office, 1882-1903. |
| Walter Rawleigh | See Roanoke Sound. |