| Wise Forks | See Wyse Forks. |
| Wise Knob | SW Buncombe County near the headwaters of Bill Moore Creek. |
| Wise's Crossroads | See Gum Swamp; Wise Forks. |
| Wiseman's View | an overlook for Linville Gorge in NW Burke County. Named for William Wiseman, early settler who migrated from London in the eighteenth century. |
| Wishart Township | SE Robeson County. |
| Wit | See Smyrna. |
| Withers | community in SE Stokes County served by post office, 1884-1905. |
| Withrow Creek | rises in S Iredell County and flows NE into Rowan County, where it joins Back Creek in forming North Second Creek. Appears as North Fork [Second Creek] on the Collet Map, 1770. |
| Witness Rock Ridge | N McDowell County on the S side of Armstrong Creek. |
| Wittenburg | community in S Alexander County. Named for Daniel Wittenburg, who settled in the vicinity about 1830. A post office, 1807-1909. |