| Browns Creek | rises in central Bladen County and flows E into the Cape Fear River. Appears as Earthquake Branch on the Moseley map, 1733. |
| Browns Ford | in Yadkin River, SW Wilkes County. Named for Capt. John Brown, Revolutionary War soldier, who lived nearby and in whose home the first county government was organized in 1778. A bridge was built there after 1900, later replaced by a modern highway bridge. |
| Browns Inlet | SE Onslow County between the N end of Onslow Beach and Bear Inlet. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733. |
| Browns Knob | SW Buncombe County between Billy Cove and Sheep Rock. Alt. 3,760. |
| Browns Landing | U.S. Lock Number 2 on Cape Fear River in central Bladen County. |
| Browns Mill Creek | ises in S Transylvania County and flows NE into French Broad River. |
| Browns Mountain | SW Wilkes County between Yadkin River and Long Fork of Beaver Creek. Named for James Brown, eighteenth-century resident who lived at its foot. Alt. 2,075. Joins Jerry Mountain in NE Caldwell County. |
| Browns Siding | See Vaughan. |
| Browns Summit | community in N Guilford County. Alt. 805. Land there acquired by Jesse Brown, 1858. Named for him in 1863 when Richmond and Danville Railroad was built; the Brown farm was the highest point on the line. Also called Brown Summit. |
| Browns Swamp | rises in SE Onslow County and flows SW into Turpentine Creek. Appears in local records as Brown's Creek as early as 1744. |