| Wash Hollow | S Haywood County on Sam Branch. |
| Wash Ridge | W Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a short spur extending SE from Shanty Mountain; center near lat. 35°37'07" N., long. 83°08'15" W. |
| Wash Woods | community and former Life Saving Station 4 mi. S of the Virginia line on Currituck Banks, NE Currituck County. Named for hundreds of old stumps there, exposed at low tide. A post office operated there, 1907-17, named Deals. |
| Washburn | community in W Cleveland County. Alt. 960. Settled 1875. Named for W. W. Washburn, a county commissioner. |
| Washburn Creek | rises in S Rutherford County and flows SW into Cleghorn Creek. |
| Washburns Store | community in E Rutherford County between Puzzle and Heaveners Creeks. Formerly known as Green's Grove and, when a post office from 1889 to 1906, as Lexine, named for Lexine Pruett, daughter of General Assembly member Greenbury Pruett. |
| Washington | city and county seat, W Beaufort County on Pamlico River. Alt. 11. Est. 1782. Known originally as Forks of Tar River but called Washington as early as 1776. Named by Col. James Bonner, founder of the town and friend of George Washington. Produces lumber, tobacco, textiles, and apparel. Known as "the original Washington" and commonly as "Little Washington" to distinguish it from the District of Columbia. Latter nickname not favored by town citizens. |
| Washington County | was formed in 1799 from Tyrrell County. Located in the E section of the state, it is bounded by Tyrrell, Hyde, Beaufort, Martin, and Bertie Counties and by Albemarle Sound. It was named for George Washington (1732-99). Area: 420 sq. mi. (336, land; 84, water). County seat: Plymouth, with an elevation of 21 ft. Townships are Lees Mills, Plymouth, Scuppernong, and Skinnersville. Produces tobacco, peanuts, corn, soybeans, wheat, Irish potatoes, wood products, seafood, hogs, livestock, lumber, and paper. |
| Washington County | now in Tennessee, was created from the District of Washington, which see, in 1777. North Carolina ceded its SW territory to the federal government in 1789. |
| Washington Creek | rises in N Jackson County and flows N into Soco Creek. |