| Callisons | community in central Pamlico County. |
| Caltolina | former lumbering community in E Person and W Granville Counties. A 1,300-acre tract belonging to the John Pomfret Webb family and later to the Calton family, from which the name was developed. The tract was divided into 15 farms about 1919. |
| Calvander | community in SE Orange County. Formed from the name of Calvin Andrews, who operated Andrews's Academy there. The post office was first known as Faucette. Andrews's wife was Elizabeth Faucette. |
| Calvert | community in S Transylvania County between Calloway Creek and French Broad River. |
| Calvin | See Carbon City. |
| Calypso | town in NW Duplin County. Settled about 1890, inc. 1913. Alt. 167. Named for the sea nymph in Homer's Odyssey Produces lumber. |
| Calypso Community Pond | on the head of Dicks Branch in NW Duplin County. |
| Cam Branch | rises in N Duplin County and flows E into Northeast Cape Fear River. |
| Cambridge | See Ostwalt. |
| Camden | unincorporated county seat in W central Camden County. Known as Plank Bridge as early as 1740; inc. as Jonesborough, 1792. As early as 1840, the name "Camden" was being used. From the end of the Revolution until about 1830, the community was a port of entry for customs collection. Alt. 10. |