| Wootens Crossroads | community in N central Greene County. Named for the Wooten family, which ran a store there in the 1920s and 1930s. |
| Wootens Crossroads | community in N Lenoir County. Named for a family that long operated a store there. |
| Wootentown | community in central Beaufort County 1 mi. E of Washington Park. Alt. 14. Misspelled Hootentown frequently because that is the way the name is pronounced locally. An African American community on land originally owned by Harkness Wooten, a free black in the antebellum period. Many inhabitants are descended from him. |
| Wootonton | See Fair Bluff. |
| Worcester Inlet | See Trinity Harbor. |
| Worlds Edge | high bluff S of Chinquapin Gap, NW Polk County. Views to E extend 40 mi. to Forest City. Property, adjacent to Chimney Rock State Park tract, under conservation easement. |
| Worley | community in S Madison County on Big Pine Creek. |
| Worley Branch | rises in E Swain County and flows SE into Galbreath Creek. |
| Worley Cove | NW Buncombe County near the Madison County line. |
| Worley Cove | E Haywood County on the head of North Hominy Creek. |