| Candler | community in SW Buncombe County at the junction of South Hominy and Hominy Creeks. Alt. 2,108. Named for George Candler, an early settler. |
| Candler Knob | on Buncombe-Henderson county line, SW of Cutthroat Gap. Alt. 4,548. |
| Candon | community in W Mecklenburg County served by post office, 1833-75. Also operated as Clear Creek post office. |
| Candor | town in E Montgomery County. Alt. 729. Inc. 1891. Named by three local merchants who envisioned a "town of frankness and sincerity." Post office est. as Cabin Creek in 1873; name changed in 1885. Also once called Lamond's Old Field. |
| Candy Creek | rises in NE Guilford County and flows N into Rockingham County, where it enters Haw River. Known as Kenady's Branch and as Kanady Creek prior to 1800, named for an early settler. |
| Cane | community in S Alamance County. |
| Cane Bottom | community in N Yancey County on Nolichucky River. |
| Cane Brake Creek | rises in S Rutherford County and flows S into Broad River. |
| Cane Branch | rises in Angola Bay, N Pender County, and flows SE into Holly Shelter Creek. |
| Cane Branch | rises in E Yancey County and flows N into Little Crabtree Creek. |