| Carpenter Branch | rises in W Haywood County and flows S into Jonathans Creek. |
| Carpenter Knob | in N Cleveland County between Poundingmill and Knob Creeks. Alt. 1,619. |
| Carpenters Branch | rises in S Macon County and flows N into Allison Creek. |
| Carpenters Knob | W Lincoln County. Alt. 1,500. |
| Carr | community in NW Orange County. |
| Carr Township | E Durham County. |
| Carr's Mount | community in central Anson County on N outskirts of Wadesboro. Alt. 445. Site of a silk mill in the early twentieth century. Other mills operated there from early nineteenth century; early fairgrounds and racetrack were there. |
| Carraway Creek | rises in S central Wayne County and flows NW approx. 5 mi. into Neuse River. First known as Michael's Creek for the owner of surrounding land, Michael Rosher. Land sold to John Carraway in 1743 and the name of the creek changed. |
| Carrboro | town in SE Orange County immediately W of Chapel Hill. Alt. 500. Settled 1898. Inc. 1911 as Venable; named for Francis P. Venable (1856-1934), president of the University of North Carolina. Changed to Carrboro, 1913, for Julian S. Carr (1845-1924), who est. a textile mill there. |
| Carrell Knob | on the Cherokee-Clay county line in the Valley River Mountains. |