| Ararat River | rises in Virginia and flows S across Surry County into Yadkin River. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. Named for the biblical Mount Ararat. |
| Arba | community in S Greene County. Named for the biblical name Kirjatharba (Joshua 14:15). |
| Arbuckle | community in E Yancey County between North Toe and South Toe Rivers near their junction. A former post office, Dobag [Doe Bag], served the area. |
| Arcadia | community in N Davidson County. |
| Arcadia Township | NW Davidson County. |
| Arch Hill | a mountain in N Macon County between Tellico Creek and Bird Branch. |
| Arch Ridge | SE Clay County, extends S in arc from Vineyard Mountain to Shooting Creek. |
| Archdale | town in NW Randolph County. Settled about 1786 by Quakers. Inc. 1874 as Bush Hill; named for the fact that the area was originally covered with a growth of low bushes. Name changed to Archdale, 1887, in honor of John Archdale (1642?-1717), a Quaker, one of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina, and governor, 1694-96. Original post office was ½ mi. from present site and named Bloomington until moved to Bush Hill in 1865. Archdale is now a residential suburb of High Point. |
| Archdale | town in SE Cleveland County. Alt. 943. Settled in the eighteenth century and named for Quaker John Archdale, governor of Carolina, 1694-96. |
| Archdale County | was formed before 1696 "on Pampticoe River without the Bounds of the County of Albemarle." It was named for John Archdale (1642?-1717), governor of Carolina, 1694-96. The precinct of Pampticoe was a part of Archdale County in 1696, at which time it became the County of Bath. The name of Archdale County was changed to Craven, which see, about 1712. |