| Caraway Mountain | W Randolph County between Black Creek and Caraway Creek, which see. Appears on the Collet map, 1770, as a name applied to all of the small mountains between the Uwharrie and Deep Rivers. |
| Carbon City | community in W central Burke County. Formerly known as Calvin but renamed following the construction of the Great Lakes Carbon Company plant at the site. |
| Carbonton | community in S Chatham County on Deep River at the junction of the Chatham-Lee-Moore county lines. Named by Mrs. Peter Evans, daughter of Gov. John Motley Morehead, for the element carbon, a constituent of coal, abundant in the vicinity. Alt. 260. |
| Cardenas | community in S Wake County. |
| Careening Point | extended into North River estuary of Carteret County from the mainland on Moseley map, 1733. The name has fallen into disuse, though the point still exists. |
| Carl | community in E central Montgomery County served by post office, 1893-1909. |
| Carl Alwin Schenck Forest | central Wake County, approx. 3 mi. W of North Carolina State University. Covers 245 acres. Est. 1936 and afterward named in honor of Schenck (1865-1955) who, in 1898, founded the first forestry school in the United States at Biltmore Forest, which see. The school was closed in 1912. The Schenck Forest, owned and operated by the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, N.C. State University, is used for demonstration, research, and forest genetics. Schenck's ashes are scattered in the forest. |
| Carlile Island | See Colington Island. |
| Carlisle | community in NW Davidson County served by post office, 1886-1905. |
| Carlos | community in N Cumberland County. |