| Yeates Knob | See Big Butte. |
| Yeatesville | town in E Beaufort County on Pungo Creek. Inc. 1881, but long inactive in municipal affairs. Named for Jesse J. Yeates (1829-92), Confederate officer and member of Congress. |
| Yellow Bald | S Macon County between Hurricane Creek and Bearpen Creek. |
| Yellow Branch | rises in NE Swain County and flows SE into Raven Fork. |
| Yellow Buck Ridge | N Caldwell County. Named by Bryson Coffey for a large yellow buck that he killed there. Alt. approx. 1,500. |
| Yellow Creek | rises in N Graham County and flows W into Cheoah River. |
| Yellow Creek | rises in NW Haywood County and flows SE into Big Creek. |
| Yellow Creek Gap | N Graham County between the headwaters of Yellow Creek and Tuskeegee Creek. |
| Yellow Creek Mountains | extend from Cheoah River in NW Graham County E along the course of Yellow Creek to the headwaters of Mountain Creek. |
| Yellow Creek Township | NW Graham County. |