| Carlton | See Carroll. |
| Carlton | community in W Granville County. |
| Carmel | community in W Montgomery County served by post office, 1884-1915. |
| Carmen | community in N Madison County on Shelton Laurel Creek. |
| Carolana | a province proposed to be est. in America and named in the charter of King Charles I to Sir Robert Heath, October 30, 1629. The province was to extend from 31° to 36° N. lat. along the Atlantic Ocean and presumably W to the Pacific Ocean. No settlements were made, and the charter was considered vacated in 1663 when Carolina was granted to eight Lords Proprietors by King Charles II. See also County of Norfolk. |
| Carolarns Islands | presumably the Outer Banks, which see, named in the charter of King Charles I to Sir Robert Heath, October 30, 1629. |
| Caroleen | community in SE Rutherford County on Second Broad River. Alt. 805. Named in honor of Caroline, wife of Simpson B. Tanner Sr., industrialist. The Post Office Department ruled that Caroline was too similar to Carolina to be acceptable, so Caroleen was selected instead. The communities of Avondale and Henrietta lie directly s. |
| Carolina | community in central Alamance County on Haw River. A textile mill est. there prior to 1901. |
| Carolina | was named by King Charles II of England in his own honor in the charter that he granted in 1663 to eight Lords Proprietors. It was applied to the region between Florida and the Virginia colony extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. See also Carolana. |
| Carolina Bays | oval-shaped lakes, swamps, pocosins, savannahs, and peat beds in SE North Carolina, E South Carolina, and NE Georgia. Several explanations have been advanced as to the origin of the Carolina Bays, but the most generally accepted one is that they were formed thousands of years ago by a shower of meteorites. White Lake, Jones Lake, Singletary Lake, and Lake Waccamaw are Carolina Bays. There also are numerous others, many of which no longer contain water. |